Afghans, Americans conduct airlift missions in Afghanistan

Security Forces sergeant mentors Afghan counterparts

Airmen advise Afghan Air Force during aircraft exercise

JBB's Jackals maintain heavy lift capability

At five-stories high, Air Mobility Command's C-17 Globemaster III and C-5 Galaxy aircraft "Grey Tails" can be seen on flightlines the world over, even here among the Red Tails of Joint Base Balad, Iraq. These globe-hopping giants are resilient, but when they do break throwing them to the jackals

Simply smashing: broken barriers taken down, recycled

The concrete monoliths you see around Joint Base Balad actually have two very important duties: the most well-known is keeping the people safe from indirect fire.A lesser-known task is saving resources through recycling of these barriers. It might seem odd at first, but Balad units are continually

Training: Essential piece of mission puzzle

A high operations tempo full of airdrops, cargo movement and passenger transport topped with providing necessary training to Airmen new to not only the world of deployments, but also the Air Force, makes for a straining 120 days in the desert. Staff Sgt. Brandon Nontelle, an 816th Expeditionary

Iraqi, U.S. Airmen join for inaugural Iraq AF labor day

Iraqi and U.S. Air Force Airmen recently joined for the inaugural Iraqi air force labor day to help beautify the base and strengthen their partnership. On June 22, the Airmen converged to clean the base because it hadn't happened since the Iraqi air force moved in, in September 2009."Hawk Base

Praetorians shut down historical 732nd ESFS, Det. 3

The 732nd Security Forces Squadron, Detachment 3, was inactivated July 3, at 7:32 a.m. during a ceremony where less than 50 of the remaining defenders saw their unit's colors cased."This ceremony marks the end of the Air Force's first, and longest, active police transition team in history," said Lt.

Project could bring 35,000 new trees to Panjshir Valley

Panjshir Governor Keramuddin Keram met with PRT Panjshir July 1 to discuss a project that could bring 35,000 new trees to the province by the end of the year.U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jeffrey Casada, Kentucky National Guard ADT leader with PRT Panjshir, and Jim Hoffman, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Airmen assist Kyrgyz relief workers