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  • Photo essay: Protecting the force

    Force protection Airmen put their skills to the test during a quarterly training session Jan. 8, 2010 at an air base in Southwest Asia. The course, instructed by Jeff Jones, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, teaches incoming third country national escort Airmen the basics of force

  • Deployed medics keep eye on wellness, nutrition

    Airmen deployed with the 380th Expeditionary Medical Group at a non-disclosed base here are on a mission -- a mission of wellness every day.To keep deployed members at their best both physically and mentally, the 380th EMDG's medical Airmen are equipped with not only the latest equipment and

  • Ali Base drawdown in full swing

    Ali Base, the first Air Force base in Iraq, is in full drawdown mode following directives followings the Presidents directive to lessen the American military presence in Iraq, and to withdraw combat forces by December, 2011.The Air Force presence here will be less than one-third what it is today by

  • USF-I gives base to Iraq

    United States Forces- Iraq gave control of Hawk Base back to the Government of Iraq and Iraqi Air Force as part of the United States drawdown and transfer of responsibility from U.S. forces to the GoI Security Forces Jan. 1, 2010. The transfer of Hawk Base, to include 31 facilities, four generators

  • New 321st AEW commander sees promising future for Iraqi Air Forces

    Lt. Gen. Mike Hostage, commander of the U.S. Air Forces Central Command, presided over a change of command ceremony Jan. 7, where Maj. Gen. Robert Kane relinquished command of the 321st Air Expeditionary Wing to Brig. Gen. Scott Hanson. The mission of the 321st AEW is to train and advise the Iraqi

  • Primed: 22 EARS tankers refuel combat aircraft

    Every day, the Air Force reports dozens of successful flights supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Fighters, bombers and other combat aircraft provide overwatch for troops on the ground, protecting the war fighters and deterring the enemy.Most of those flights are possible because of one thing and

  • Airmen help Afghan National Army Air Corps soldiers take aim

    "That's it, that's it, exactly what I want to see," said Tech. Sgt. Kevin Conley, 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group security forces advisor. "Very good, that is how you are supposed to shoot."Sergeant Conley, who is deployed from Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., shouted these words of encouragement