Commander, chaplain talk about holiday stress

The holiday season is almost upon us and while many deployed Airmen are busy trying to find creative ways to brighten the season while away from loved ones, some Airmen may find themselves wrestling with a combination of stressors during the 40 or so days between Thanksgiving and the New Year.Many

Dubai Air Show encourages partnership, compatible hardware

More than 150 service members participated in the 11th Dubai Air Show Nov. 15 through 19 here.The Dubai Air Show is currently the third largest air show in the world and the U.S. has participated every year since the first show. The show's opening day presented a who's who list of distinguished

F-15E Weapons Systems Officer shatters 1,000 flight hour mark

Warming hearts, minds in Afghanistan

I felt like a bean-bag being tossed about in the cab of our pickup truck, as our convoy travelled several bumpy miles off the main road, deep into the Hindu Kush mountains of the Panjshir valley.The winter air was thin and crisp, and the normally raging river was barely more than a trickle now

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Kirkuk Airmen train Iraqis to train Iraqis

Lt. Col. Chris Spigelmire has defined success in Iraq, "The better we do our jobs, the fewer people they'll send to replace us until we don't have to be here at all."The trick is," he added, "the Iraqi air force has to be able to do what we're doing without us around."Colonel Spigelmire, deployed

First Iraqi airmen graduate King Air maintenance training

Class 001 from Iraqi air force Squadron 87 recently received their graduation certificates and pins after successfully completing primary maintenance training on the King Air 350ER intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. Twenty students completed the 30-day initial maintenance course

Financial stewards ensure mission success

When servicemembers need foreign currency to purchase gifts and souvenirs from the local area, they visit the 379th Expeditionary Comptroller Squadron where they find ready and willing experts to assist servicemembers. However, helping servicemembers with currency exchange is just one part of the

Interservice sisters reunite at Kirkuk

Two sisters, one an Airman and the other a Soldier, recently reunited here after not seeing each other for more than three years. Spc. Julie Boggs said she was surprised her deployment allowed her to cross paths with her sister, Tech. Sgt. Miranda Minshew."It is kind of a long shot chance with her

Khost PRT engineers conduct quality assurance training

Khost Provincial Reconstruction Team engineers conducted quality assurance training for more than 30 Afghan contractors, foremen and engineers at the Civil-Military Operations Center in downtown Khost recently.The engineers conduct training on a monthly basis, to address issues found during project