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  • Airmen in Iraq collect platelets to save lives

    "You will feel a little pinch," said an aphaeresis lab technician. "When the flow starts, it will come in this way, and then back out this way. The process doesn't take too long so, sit back and watch the movie." The pinch of the needle for some is acknowledgement of a job well done for saving the

  • 332nd ECES firefighters save lives, property

    To say the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Emergency Services Flight here is "busy" might be an understatement. It's like saying the summer heat at Joint Base Balad is "a little warm."The Balad Fire Emergency Services Flight consists of about 60 Air Force and Army firefighters, with

  • Afghan Air Force Flight Medic Academy graduate two

    On July 6, 2010, two Afghan Air Force flight medics graduated from the Afghan Air Force Flight Medic Academy at Bagram Air Field.The Flight Medic's course is five weeks long and is taught by flight medics from Marne DUSTOFF, Task Force Knighthawk, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon who

  • 7,000 pounds of aid moved to Kabul

    On July 7, 2010 members from the Combined Air Power Transition Force moved 7,000 pounds of humanitarian supplies from Bagram Airfield to the Afghan Air Force base in Kabul during a two day trip. The trip was just the first in a series of planned supply trips to BAF for aid pick-up, as CAPTF plans to

  • Naturalization ceremony grants Luke Airman citizenship

    A recent naturalization ceremony took place in Al Faw Palace here recognizing a new group of American citizens, including a first-term Airman deployed from the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.Amidst a green sea of 155 Soldiers, Airman 1st Class Johanz San Pedro, 732nd

  • First Afghan Air Force Born Non-Commissioned Officers

    The Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the Afghan Air Force training school, graduated its first Team Leader Course on July 11, 2010. The Team Leader Course is a six-week non-commissioned officer building leadership course that takes soldiers that have completed the 9th grade and Basic Warrior Training and it

  • Extreme heat, hectic flightline keep 380th EMXS maintainers busy

    At this undisclosed location the sweltering heat radiates off the flightline at temperatures of up to 150 degrees Fahrenheit.But the Airmen of the 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron do not use it as an excuse from doing their jobs.The flightline they work on is a busy place every day. With

  • Afghan Air Force flies surrendered weapons to Herat

    Approximately 230 small arms and two rocket propelled grenade launchers were collected in Chaghcharan and flown via the Afghan Air Force's Mi-17 transport helicopter to Herat on July 6, 2010. The weapons will be inspected and given to the Afghan National Police if they are serviceable or destroyed

  • Afghan Air Force Commander tours new Immersion Lab

    Brig. Gen. Michael Boera, the Commanding General, Combined Air Power Transition Force, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, and Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing and Maj. Gen. Mohammed Darwan, Afghan Air Force commander, tour the Afghan Air Force

  • Afghan Air Force Mi-17 Fleet Grows

    The Afghan Air Force received two new Mi-17 helicopters on July 8, 2010. These two aircraft are part of a purchase of ten new helicopters to be fulfilled by November 2010.The contract to purchase these ten aircraft is worth $155 million. The current AAF fleet includes 25 Mi-17 helicopters. This is