ANAAC Maintenance Group, 438th AEAG discuss training plan

Recently, key members of the Afghan National Army Air Corp Maintenance Group, Kabul Air Corps Training Center and the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group met at the ANAAC Maintenance Group headquarters to discuss Air University's additional aircraft maintenance courses which will further advance

Humanitarian Aid Packing Party

The staff of the Joint Task Force MED at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital came together for a joint mission of a different kind. Instead of packing wounds, they packed brown paper bags filled with clothes, toys and shoes for the Afghan people of the Parwan Province. Twenty volunteers gathered in the

Afghan C-27A “Spartan” program takes flight

The first of 20 programmed Afghan C-27As took to the Italian skies recently during the initial test flights. Test pilots, engineers and ground crew from Alenia North America were pleased with the aircraft's performance. The medium-sized tactical military transport remains on schedule for delivery to

Hawk check

MWDs 'out of the doghouse' at JBB

On a deployment, a multitude of distractions can make sleep challenging for some servicemembers: F-16 engines roar on the flight line, helicopter blades thunder through the air. Seventy-pound Labrador retrievers take up half the bed. For Air Force and Army military working dog handlers at JBB, the

LMAT team helps Iraqi Army take control of base operations

Operations continue as normal. The focus remains the same: keep the base running and the mission on target. Iraqi Army Soldiers routinely work with their U.S. counterparts. There is one important difference: the Iraqis have taken command of the controls. "It's a historic time for anyone serving in

Air Force Secretary praises Airmen, discusses ops at Airmen's Call

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley visited with Airmen of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Aug. 29, during his second visit to Afghanistan in 10 months.Mr. Donley spoke to approximately 300 Airmen at an Airmen's Call held on the steps of an old, Russian air traffic control tower, known as

U.S. Air Forces Central Combat Camera photo feature: Air drops

Secretary Donley tours Joint Base Balad

C-130 'Herks' deliver humanitarian supplies to Afghan village

The Airmen of the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron performed a high-altitude airdrop mission, supporting Coalition and civilian Afghans in a remote village in Northern Afghanistan.The Georgia Air National Guard crew that flew the mission, deployed from the 158th Airlift Squadron, Savannah, Ga.,