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  • Everyday Hero: CAPTF Mi-17 pilot rescues 3 in VBIED attack in Kabul

    On Tuesday, May 18, 2010, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Olaf Holm was piloting one of two Afghan National Army Air Corps Mi-17 transport helicopters that were returning to Kabul from Gardez province, where they had stayed the night before due to adverse weather. Lt. Col. Holm had just changed radio frequencies

  • Expeditionary flightline: Staring down a C-21

    A C-21 passenger jet taxis on the runway to the flightline of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed location in Southwest Asia on May 19, 2010. The C-21, according to its Air Force fact sheet, is a twin turbofan engine aircraft used for cargo and passenger airlift. The aircraft is the

  • Photo essay: Welcome to the 380th AEW

    Airmen of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing transition in and out  of an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on May 8, 2010. The 380th AEW supports Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.  It is comprised of four groups and 12 squadrons.  The

  • Afghan Air Corps conducts first Mi-17 & Mi-35 Combined Operation

    The Afghan National Army Air Corps's 377th Rotary Wing Squadron conducted their first combined operation mission on May 13th, 2010 using two Mi-17s for transport and two Mi-35s to provided air escort.Three mixed U.S. and Afghan crews and one all Afghan crew transported 70 Afghan National Army troops

  • Afghan Air Corps supports peace jirga

    Three Ministery of Interior's Air Interdiction Unit and and three Afghan National Army Air Corps Mi-17s conducted a VIP transport mission in support of Min Atmar, President Karzai's first assistant and over 40 additional VIPs and government officials to attend a peace jirga May 18th, 2010, to settle

  • 506 EOSS deployed facility named the best in Air Force

    The 506th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq was recently named the U.S. Air Force 2009 Deployed Facility of the Year. "I'm extremely proud of my squadron for winning this award. It's a testament to the caliber of people we have, and have had, in the 506th

  • Photo essay: MWD team searches vehicles in Southwest Asia

    Tech. Sgt. Javier Mendez, and his military working dog Nero, work at the vehicle search area for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on May 18, 2010. Both Sergeant Mendez and Nero work as a military working dog team with the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces

  • Afghan soldiers and U.S. Airmen deliver school supplies

    Soldiers from the Afghan National Army Air Corps and Airmen from the 438 Air Expeditionary Wing, Combined Air Power Transition Force, held a joint humanitarian mission on May 17, 2010. They distributed school supplies to 1300 students of the Hope School in Kabul, Afghanistan.The 438 AEW started

  • Search continues for missing Afghan passenger jet

    The Afghan National Army Air Corps launched two Mi-17 transport helicopters May 18 to search for the missing Pamir Airways AN-24 passenger jet that crashed in the Hindu Kush mountains north of Kabul.It was a coordinated effort with Coalition partners as NATO and ANAAC helicopters searched the