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  • Year of the Air Force Family has new meaning for South Dakota unit

    For the third time in as many years, the 114th Fighter Wing, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota Air National Guard deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq. This latest deployment brought more than 280 SDANG members to the Middle East in December 2009. At least 27 members have more in common than just their

  • Special delivery: Combat truckers fill mail call void

    Imagine living thousands of miles away from home, surrounded by drab desert and working 12-hour days anywhere from six months to a year. Sometimes a simple letter or package from a loved one can make all the difference in a deployed servicemember's day.So when a Department of Defense contract with

  • The lowdown on the Iraqi drawdown

    More than 140 military personnel assembled at Al Faw Palace Feb. 8 through 12 to discuss strategies on removing U.S. personnel and equipment from Iraq. The purpose of the Air Force's Central Iraq Drawdown Planning Conference is to bring United States Forces-Iraq and Air Force's Central Command

  • Space professionals effectively employ space in counter-insurgency fight

    More than 40 space warfighters from the U.S. and deployed locations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Southwest Asia attended the Theater Space Conference here, Feb. 8 to 10. The space experts, from all services, collaborated to improve and maintain current space capabilities, such as global positioning,

  • Photo essay: E-3 Sentry moves out for a mission

    An E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft assigned to the 965th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron is guided down the runway for take-off by its flight crew en route to a combat mission during operations at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on Feb. 11, 2010. The E-3

  • Photo essay: 380th ECES keep Southwest Asia cool

    Members of the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron remove an air conditioning unit from the dining facility at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on Feb. 10, 2010. A new unit was installed to increase the cooling efficiency for the building before summer temperatures rose. (U.S. Air

  • K9 without a canine keeps working

    He eats, he sleeps, he plays, and sometimes he works, but it's not really work. It's a dog's life.Arek is a military working dog who's seen it all and still lives to tear apart squeaky toys. And just like some military servicemembers, one of the only things he's really scared of is ... mice. "He

  • Photo essay: Basketball championship action in Southwest Asia

    Members of the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron and 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron via for the championship title during the intramural basketball championship game at undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on Feb. 5, 2010. ECES won the game 30 to 24.(U.S. Air Force