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  • Ali Base dedicates new Airfield Complex

    A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held here March 27, 2010 to commemorate the opening of a new air traffic control tower, runway lighting system, instrument landing system and renovated runways and aprons.The ceremony was attended by Iraqi and American dignitaries, followed by an airfield tour and

  • First Iraqi weather officers graduate

    The first class of Iraqi air force meteorology officers graduated March 25, from a formal technical training course in Baghdad taught by U.S. Air Force weather forecasters.The Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission-Air Force have Airmen assigned to teach Iraqi personnel how to create a self sufficient

  • U.S. Airmen train first Afghan C-27 loadmaster

    Airmen from the 538th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron and Afghan soldiers with the Afghanistan National Army Air Corps reached another historic milestone after completing a successful check ride for the nation's first qualified C-27A Spartan loadmaster March 28."I could not be more proud of what

  • Joint contracting officers shop for you

    "We are your neighborhood shoppers, minus the money," quipped Tech. Sgt. Dana Jones, about her job as a Contracting Officer for the Joint Contracting Command - Iraq, deployed from Minot AFB, N.D.However, don't be taken in by this facetious over-simplification; a contracting officer's duties are

  • Drawdown brings close to combat chaplain operations

    The 732nd Air Expeditionary Group chaplain team recently completed their last mission, a trip that not only provided spiritual care for Joint Expeditionary Tasking Airmen but also an end to an era.The traveling combat chaplain team of Chaplain (Capt.) Steve Fisher, 732nd AEG and Staff Sgt. Dewey

  • Airmen, Manas International Airport personnel participate in MARE

    376th Air Expeditionary Wing personnel and Manas International Airport personnel participated in a Major Accident Response Exercise here March 25, 2010. The overall objective was to exercise the Transit Center at Manas' Comprehensive Emergency Management, Mishap Response, and Medical Contingency