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  • Airmen assist Iraqis with gunner training

    This is the second in a three-part series about Airmen deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq, where they assist in training members of the Iraqi Air Force in helicopter maintenance, gunner and piloting skills. Thanks to a trio of Airmen here, members of the Iraqi Air Force are learning to provide their own

  • New leaders take command of re-designated USAFCENT Command, Ninth Air Force

    Gen. David Petraeus, Commander, United States Central Command, and Gen. John D.W. Corley, Commander, Air Combat Command, presided over the Headquarters 9th Air Force and United States Air Forces Central Change of Command and Re-designation Ceremony at 9 a.m. Aug. 5 in Hangar 1200 here. During the

  • Airmen assist Iraqis with maintenance training

    This is the first in a three-part series about Airmen deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq, where they assist in training members of the Iraqi air force in helicopter maintenance, gunner and piloting skills. Whether it's on the flightline, in a hangar or in a backshop, members of the Iraqi Air Force are

  • Airmen rescue aids in 'Golden Hour' recovery of coalition forces

    Racing against the clock, rescue flights launch into action to retrieve wounded servicemembers and other battlefield casualties. As the helicopters hover over a hostile area, the Guardian Angel team rushes out to retrieve the wounded - often risking their own lives "so that others may live." The

  • Security Forces, NATO work together; better response time saves lives

    When faced with a base population of more than 15,000 Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers and Marines, several NATO nations, civilian contractors, and host nation military members living on base, maintaining security of the flightline on one of the busiest single-runways in the world is certainly a top

  • Combat Comm Airman keeps vital info link online

    Communications have failed. Conventional methods to restore them are not available. In response, an Airman races through his tent and out the door to double check azimuth readings and rapidly shifts to backup communications. This isn't a scenario that could happen. It did. As a combat communications

  • Deployed Couple Eclipses the 100 Combat Mission Milestone

    For flyers in Vietnam, flying one hundred combat missions earned them a badge of honor and a ticket home. Although it is not their ticket home, Staff Sgt.'s Chris and Debbie Villanueva, 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, both recently received their badge of honor for flying 100 combat

  • Happy Hooligans fly into sunset on final takeoff

    The Happy Hooligans, who operate C-21 missions across U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility, completed the final combat sortie of their rotation here July 27. This marks the completion of the first deployment into a combat zone for the North Dakota Air National Guard. The Hooligans,

  • Airmen ‘step back’ as Iraqis take control of mission support

    U.S. Airmen don't run dining facilities for the Iraqi military here. They don't pump fuel; they don't make runs to ammunition storage points. At least not any more. All of these daily tasks that require the utmost attention to detail and dedication to supporting mission readiness are handled

  • Airmen build ties with Iraqi families

    Forty-five Airmen volunteered to visit and distribute donated items to local families here July 24 as part of the Sather Air Base Good Neighbor Program. This program, which is sponsored by Sather's Rising Six, is made up of volunteers who take a trip once a month to distribute care packages to Iraqi