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  • Raven-B UAV: small aircraft with huge capabilities

    Because the Raven-B unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) weighs only 4.2 pounds, has a 55 inch wingspan and measures 3 feet in length, its operators believe its unimpressive dimensions feed a common misconception. But don't let its looks fool you. It's tougher than it appears. "People think it's a

  • Photo essay: KC-10 Extender -- combat mission start to finish

    It takes a concentrated team effort to complete the cycle of a successful combat air refueling mission is support of overseas contingency operations and Airmen in the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron and the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling

  • 30 and counting

    As their F-16 Fighting Falcon pulled into its parking spot on the airfield, the dedicated crew chiefs from the 34th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit had something to be proud of: tail number 2119 had returned from its 30th code 1 sortie over the skies of Afghanistan, March 23, 2010.Col.

  • Photo essay: Airmen teach Iraqi Army vehicle maintainers the basics

    407th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, Ali Base, Iraq vehicle maintenance technicians teach Iraqi Army vehicle maintainers the basics during a transmission training course hosted by the Logistics Military Advisory Team at Camp Ur, Iraq March 22, 2010.View slideshow

  • Deputy/CC asks for, receives hundreds of boxes for villagers

    Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it."Please don't send me any care packages," Lt. Col. Rex Vanderwood wrote home from Kyrgyzstan. "If you want to send something, send things that will help the local villagers."He's been deployed to the Transit Center at Manas from Hickam Air

  • AF leaders celebrate local holiday "Nooruz"

    Col. Blaine Holt and Command Chief Master Sgt. James Dowell, the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing commander and command chief, visited the villages of Ak-Jhol and Tort-Kul March 21 in honor of the Kyrgyz holiday "Nooruz." Local people celebrate Nooruz by getting together, singing, dancing and greeting

  • 451st AEW PJ crews fly into hostile zones to save lives

    All over Afghanistan the unit is known by their call sign: "PEDRO." The men and women of the 41st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron is truly a coalition of rescue professionals. The majority of the unit is comprised mainly of members from the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga., but the unit

  • Taking medication prevents malaria

    Military members here were jolted by the news that two possible malaria cases had been reported at Kandahar Airfield March 16, but tests confirmed one case of malaria and one unsubstantiated case, said Maj. Jason Kelly, 451st Air Expeditionary Wing surgeon general and physician."At this time