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  • Visit to Kyrgyzstan brings Reserve Generation into community

    The U.S. Air Forces Central band "Reserve Generation" toured Kyrgyzstan March 5 to 14 during their two-month deployment from Robins Air Force Base, Ga.The five-person group, together with their audio engineer and officer in charge, played at five venues off the Transit Center at Manas as well as two

  • Deployed U-2 pilot achieves rare feat of 100 combat missions

    For Maj. William Gottenberg, he's been helping the Dragon Lady breathe a lot of fire lately. The 16-and-a-half-year Air Force veteran and pilot recently achieved 100 combat missions in the U-2 in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility."It's a good feeling because it's an awesome mission and

  • AFCENT command chief visits KAF

    The Command Chief for U. S. Air Forces Central, Southwest Asia, visited Kandahar Airfield March 1 through 4 to check on the morale of the Airmen serving here and see how things were going.Command Chief Master Sgt. Mark J. Villella visited with various units during his 3-day visit. "The reason for

  • New ATC Tower opens for business

    Beginning at 12:01 a.m. March 12, 2010, the newly-constructed air traffic control tower at Ali Base, Iraq, opened for operation."This is a monumental day for the US Air Force, the Army Corps of Engineers, and for the future of the Iraqi Air Force," commented Lt. Col. Michael Richardson, commander,

  • FAST integral part of 451st mission

    Members of the 451st Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron perform a valuable task every day. They provide security to aircraft as they load and unload cargo and passengers.Airman 1st Class Sean Padilla and Senior Airman Edward Roberts are part of an 11-person team put together solely to provide

  • U. S. Air Force turns over aircraft hangar to Iraqi air force

    Members of the Iraq Training and Advisory Mission - U.S. Air Force and the Iraqi air force stood shoulder to shoulder during a ribbon cutting ceremony at Kirkuk Regional Air Base March 10, 2010. They watched as Brig. Gen. Scott Hanson, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing commander, and Staff Lt. Gen. Anwer

  • Change of Command coming to Ali Base

    A change of command for Col. Lou Danner, commander, 407th Air Expeditionary Group, from Channel Islands, California Air National Guard, is scheduled for Thursday, April 22, 2010, here at Memorial Plaza, Ali Base, Iraq.Col. James M. Linder from the 439th Operations Group, Westover Air Reserve Base,

  • Ali Airmen train Iraqi EOD squad

    The eight Iraqi men drove up to the Ali Base main gate in two sparkling clean white Ford F-350 trucks, replete with police badges emblazoned on the doors and light bars on the roofs . Waiting to meet them were three Airmen in a JERVV, or Joint EOD Rapid Response Vehicle.The Iraqis surrendered their