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  • Arkansas Hawgs reflect on deployment

    When members of the 175th Fighter Wing, Baltimore, Md., and the 188th Fighter Wing, Fort Smith, Ark., Air National Guard units brought the A-10 Thunderbolt II to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, January 13, 2010, they brought top quality, professional close-air support for ground troops. They used

  • Backstage pass: Behind the scenes of JBB entertainment

    A servicemember's stay at Balad can be filled with the stress of being away from family, working long hours to manage an increased ops tempo and even the boredom of being constricted to the base. However, for brief periods, servicemembers are able to relax and divert their attention elsewhere - such

  • Photo essay: Team ensures 'safety first' downrange

    The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety flight here works hard each day ensuring base members keep safety at the forefront of all their actions. The wing staff agency is divided into three sections - flight safety, ground safety and weapons safety -- each armed with its own mission and strict set of

  • Air Interdiction Unit Gets a Boost

    Story by The Afghan Ministry of Interior's Air Interdiction Unit held a transition ceremony at the Afghan National Army Air Corps base in Kabul, Afghanistan in support of the unit's notable accomplishments over the past 12 months. A few of the more distinguished accomplishments included the approval

  • Total Force airlift delivering in Afghanistan

    At a place where Operation Moshtarek, a NATO-Afghan joint offensive involving 15,000 Afghan, Canadian, American and British troops is still in full swing, military aircraft come in like clockwork.Airmen from across the force are showing the power of combat airlift and delivering supplies to

  • Fuels Airmen continue operations 24-7 in Southwest Asia

    In all, the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's fuels management flight pumped more than 43 million gallons of fuel in the first four months of 2010 for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing mission at a non-disclosed base here. This effort included continuous refueling operations for all

  • KC-10 maintainers conquer night shift ops in Southwest Asia

    Maintenance Airmen from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Extender aircraft maintenance unit work 24 hours a day, seven days a week on the KC-10 Extender for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base here. Among them are Airmen working the night shift covering 12

  • KC-10 maintenance: Night work in Southwest Asia

    Maintenance Airmen from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Extender aircraft maintenance unit work on a KC-10 Extender during operations for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on May 1, 2010. In the first three months of 2010, Airmen