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  • Airmen celebrate Air Force's birthday while deployed

    More than 200 servicemembers attended a ceremony celebrating the Air Force's 62nd birthday at Al Faw palace here Sept. 18, 2009. Lt. Gen. Mike Hostage, Air Force Central Command commander, was in attendance as well as Maj. Gen. Joseph Reynes Jr., Air Component Coordination Element director, who

  • Warfighters take time for Air Force's 62nd Birthday

    Hundreds of Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines celebrated the 62nd Air Force birthday with tradition, solidarity and a show of force here Sept. 18, 2009.A reveille ceremony was held at 6 a.m.at the base flag poles in Camp Cunningham, named after Air Force pararescueman Senior Airman Jason D.

  • PSD Airmen provide safe transport, protection to senior ranks

    They work 12- to 20-hour patrol shifts in temperatures ranging from an arid 100 degrees Fahrenheit to in bone-chilling weather dipping below freezing with the added hazard of snow, sleet and rain. They drive convoys through crowded city streets and a crumbling maze of buildings often riddled with

  • Building bare bases one pallet at a time

    There are servicemembers whose jobs seem to catch all the glory and there are those who work behind the scenes to make sure those glorious jobs are able to be performed.For the servicemembers assigned to the 1st Expeditionary RED HORSE Group, here, this adage holds true. Their ability to create a

  • RED HORSE Airmen bring combat outpost into fight

    Before the arrival of the 809th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron, the occupants were living in a British compound lined with tents relying solely on supplies brought in from convoys and air drops. Now, the vital role of the RED HORSE mission is providing aerial access into this region of Helmand

  • JBB firefighters, SF Airmen honor FDNY, NYPD

    Firefighters and security forces Airmen here held a "Last Alarm" ceremony at the JBB Fire Station Sept. 11, 2009, honoring the first responders who died in the wreckage of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks of 2001. "We wanted to take the opportunity to remember the firefighters and

  • Ali Base honors 9/11 first responders

    Sept. 11, 2001, is a day no American will ever forget. Servicemembers serving at Ali Base, Iraq, took time this Patriots Day to demonstrate that they will never forget what happened eight years ago.More than 200 Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and DOD civilians joined together to participate in a 10K

  • Bagram Airmen partner with local Afghans for burial ceremony

    Recently there was a solemn burial outside a mosque in the town that borders Bagram Airfield. A small group of mourners and the local mullah were in attendance as prayers were said for the deceased. It was not an event of major significance except to those who attended and those who had a hand in