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  • Major breaks 1,000 combat hours milestone

    Growing up in Caldwell, Idaho, Sam Tucker listened to the stories of his grandfather, Lt. Col. (ret) Carroll Tucker, and his exploits as a B-17 Flying Fortress navigator in WWII; young Sam Tucker knew exactly what he wanted to do when he grew up.Major Sam Tucker is still living out his dream as a

  • The Lady Endures

    The year was 1968. The Tet Offensive began in Vietnam. Simon & Garfunkel premiered the soundtrack to The Graduate. Martin Luther King 'had a dream.' The U.S. Air Force had a vision. The plane known as the U-2 Dragon Lady, Aircraft No. 068-0337, came on board to offer strategic, aerial capabilities

  • JET Airmen lead fight against IEDs

    Improvised explosive devices have forced a change in modern combat. Deadly weapons can come in the form of a five-gallon bucket, a package in the mail or a filled-in pothole in the middle of the road. No one knows that better than Air Force Staff Sgt. Armando Robles and Airman 1st Class Rileigh

  • Reserve wing CC visits deployed unit

    A group of reservists de-ployed here recently received a visit from a special guest from back at their home station.Brig. Gen. James L. Muscatell Jr., 403rd Wing commander at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., arrived here, Oct. 10, to visit with his Airmen during his final stop of a tour of the U.S.

  • Iraqi kids come out to play at JBB

    In the H-6 recreation area here Oct. 10, passersby witnessed something they'd never before seen in the housing compound: nearly 100 children running, playing and, more than anything, smiling. The local Iraqi youths, from 5 to 18 years old, were invited to the base as part of a project initiated by

  • ICAA assumes full air traffic control at BIAP

    The Iraq Civil Aviation Authority has assumed full control of daily air traffic operations at the Baghdad International Airport air traffic control tower Oct. 1. Before the transition to full Iraqi control, air traffic operations at BIAP were conducted by Iraqis as well as U.S. Airmen assigned to

  • JET Airman renders combat first aid to Soldiers

    An Air Force medic applied combat first aid to Soldiers when their vehicle was attacked by an improvised explosive device in Kapisa Province, recently. Senior Airman Ashley Jackson, a medic deployed from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska with Provincial Reconstruction Team Kapisa, was riding in a