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.

Operation Proper Exit lands at Sather

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

Shaw Falcons land at Bagram Airfield

Kyrgyz ministry of health team gains medical insight from Airmen

Kandahar Airmen fly missions of mercy

They are the "Angels of the Battlefield," medics dedicated to transporting wounded U.S. and coalition servicemembers, as well as locals to the medical care they need. "It's our job to take care of these wounded warriors," said Maj. Dawn Rice, a flight nurse and medical director assigned to the 451st

Airman over firefight: "I won't forget them as long as I live"

Those are the words of Capt. Gordon Olde, an F-15E weapon system officer following a battle at a remote military base about 10 miles from Pakistan that erupted on the morning of Oct. 3, 2009; what happened that day highlighted the unbreakable bond between Airmen and Soldiers. In a steep valley in