Creating shock and awe

Last Air Force PTT completes mission

The 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Detachment 2 completed their mission as the final Air Force Police Transition Team in Iraq in a ceremony here July 26 as they have brought the Iraqi Police to a self-sustaining level.In addition to going "off mission," they transferred authority to

Photo Essay: JET Airman and military working dog help protect air base

Staff Sgt. Dustin Weeks, the last joint expeditionary tasked military working dog handler in iraq, works with Army and Navy MWD handlers, to protect Al Asad Air Base.View the Slideshow.

Maintainers: Getting it done

New flight simulators give Afghan airmen an edge

Afghan Air Force pilot candidates now train on flight simulator equipment as airmen develop skills prior to intensive military flight training at NATO nations overseas.The Combined Air Power Transition Force, a force of NATO nations, which develops the Afghan Air Force, bought the simulator packages

Computer-controlling Airmen link base, cyberspace at Balad NCC

World-wide computer connectivity has become the lifeblood of today's armed forces. Emails, shared drives and networked computers have replaced typewriters, phone calls and 8-inch floppy disks in the day-to-day completion of the mission.In a deployed environment like Joint Base Balad, network access

Combined Air Power Transition Force Team repairs Mi-17 in the Field and Returns to Kabul

On July 23, 2010, Afghan Air Force Mi-17 tail number 594 was flown home to Kabul after being repaired in the field by members of the 440th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron and logistics transportation support from the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron. The aircraft tailboom was damaged in

Combat search and rescue squadron pushes forward as others draw down

A number of units here are seeing their mission cadence lullas the number of troops in Iraq are scheduled to decrease as part of an intense drawdown of combat forces in the country. Still, the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron is on its toes doing everything but preparing for a return home,

Steel and fire: Metals Tech. provides precision for unique challenges

When an aircraft comes back broken from a sortie , and the part to repair it does not exist in the supply chain, all hope for repair might feel lost. However, in the distance, an Airman wields a glimmering, 35,000 degree Fahrenheit light of hope.The 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's Metals

Air Combat Commander Visits Afghan Air Force

General William M. Fraser III, commander of Air Combat Command, visited the Combined Air Power Transition Force mentors and Afghan Air Force leadership at the Afghan Air Force base in Kabul on July 23, 2010.General Fraser, Lt. Gen. Michael Hostage, U.S. Air Forces Central commander, and staff