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  • Airmen take 10,000 steps for love - of health

    But I would walk 5,000 steps, and I would walk 5,000 more just to be the man who walked 10,000 steps to fall down.....at your door? Well that's sort of how the Scottish pop band, the Proclaimers sang the chorus of their song, "I'm Gonna Be (500 miles). But in their 1980's pop song, they're singing

  • Military members get gridiron lesson from college coaches

    While the surroundings may not have been ideal - dusty, dark and hot - it became the setting for the most memorable flag football game ever played for those Airmen and Soldiers on the softball field here May 29, 2010.This game brought with it some special guests - college-level football coaches Rich

  • Photo essay: Faces of the 380th security forces

    Security forces Airmen of the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron supports all security and force protection efforts for a deployed wing, the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, of more than 1,900 people and for billions of dollars worth of Air Force equipment and assets. To do this, it takes a

  • Iraqi AF flight safety graduate nine students

    Nine senior ranking Iraqi air force officers graduated from a two-and-a-half week long basic safety officer's course held at New Al Muthana Air Base, May 23, 2010.The class is the second basic safety officer's course since 2003, comprised of experienced pilots. The course was taught by Iraqi air

  • Iraqi forces practice life saving measures

    Members of the Iraqi Air Force and Army participated in a mass casualty exercise May 20 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Iraqi forces from Al-Muthana, Camp Taji and New Al-Muthana demonstrated their abilities to assess and treat several types of conditions that may happen if they were to enter a combat

  • 451st AEW facilities accept Eagle cash for purchases

    Members of the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing can access their checking accounts through a new Eagle Cash kiosk located in Camp Samek. And now they can also purchase snacks and other items at the Morale, Welfare and Recreation tent in Camp Samek using the Eagle Cash card. Until now, 451st AEW Air

  • Coalition forces defend base, thwart enemy

    Coalition security forces at Kandahar Airfield repelled attempts by insurgents to penetrate the perimeter and collectively defended the base May 22.Enemy forces began their assault on KAF using indirect fire, said Lt. Col. Anthony Maisonet, commander of the 451st Expeditionary Security Forces

  • Airmen pay Memorial Day tribute

    More than 100 Airmen, civil service and contractor personnel from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing gathered together to pay tribute to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of the United States. The event included retreat to retire and pay respect to the flag, and a remembrance

  • JET Airmen represent "crown jewel" of operation in Iraq

    In Iraq, Airmen of the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing continue the legacy and heritage of the famed Tuskegee Airmen. Most of these Airmen are stationed at Joint Base Balad, but some find themselves at forward operating bases throughout the country as Joint Expeditionary Tasked Airmen. As part of the