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  • Airmen reach out to Iraqi students

    Operation Iraqi Child is an outreach program conducted by the 407th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron that distributes school supplies to local Iraqi children. The erasers, pencils, notebook paper and other items are solicited from school, church, fraternal and civic organizations back home

  • Bombers keep watch over operations in Southwest Asia

    Airmen from the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron reached the end of a six-month deployment Jan. 27, continuing to validate not only their abilities, but the B-1B Lancer's capabilities as well. "We are very proud of what we have been able to accomplish during this deployment," said Lt. Col. Steven

  • Cancer free, serving proud: Kirkuk Airman shares his story

    "He had a tube down his nose; IV's in his arms, had lost a lot of weight and was heavily medicated. He looked really rough, and he looked up at me and said, 'I'm comin' back, Chief,'" said Chief Master Sgt. Ronnie Barham, 506th Air Expeditionary Group chief enlisted manager. That was seven years

  • AFCENT enlisted leader says deployed Airmen set 'excellence' as standard

    If you ask Chief Master Sgt. Mark Villella, command chief master sergeant for Air Forces Central Command, about how high the bar is set by Airmen in the deployed theater, his answer is simple -- "excellence is the standard."Chief Villella pointed out that fact and more as he visited with the Airmen

  • Bagram Airman reaches 3000 flight hours

    A Bagram weapons systems officer assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing reached a major flying milestone Jan. 24, 2010, when he logged his 3,000th flying hour. Lt. Col. John Bunnell, 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron commander, a weapons system officer deployed from Royal Air Force

  • Rescue unit to receive tents, ramp for better performance

    The operations tempo for combat search and rescue and medical evacuation in Helmand Province is very high.Airmen are continuously working to find ways to enhance their operations in order to be more effective while supporting the theater's CSAR mission, especially on the bare base of Camp Bastion in

  • Servicemembers celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Kandahar Airfield

    Approximately 300 people joined together in honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jan. 18 on Kandahar. "It gave people in a deployed environment a chance to not only honor Dr. King but to come together collectively," said Tech. Sgt. Kenneethia Kennard, 451st Air Expeditionary Wing Equal Opportunity