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  • Air Force flight surgeons train Iraqi counterparts

    Air Force flight surgeons continued their mission to teach and train Iraqi air force and army flight surgeons here recently to better prepare the Iraqi officers to eventually take over the aerospace medicine mission. "The Coalition Air Force Training Team is conducting a flight surgeon training

  • Airmen build Iraqi AOC operational planning capability

    Ten Iraqi Airmen at the Iraqi Air Operations Center recently completed a seven-day air operations planning course taught by U.S. Air Force air advisors. This training enables the Iraqi air force to build their operational planning capability, which is a critical component to increasing the

  • Team members learn to help each other, people of Afghanistan

    Military servicemembers assembled here earlier this month to form a unit dedicated to conducting reconstruction operations in Afghanistan. Classes of provincial reconstruction teams, comprised of Airmen, Soldiers and Sailors from both active duty and reserve military components, began training under

  • Engaging the Afghan Media

    The Combined Forces Air Combat Commander (CFACC) for forces in Southwest Asia, Lt. Gen. Gary L. North, met with Afghan media this week to discuss airpower missions and contributions to the safety and security of the Afghan people. The audience of more than 20 television, radio and news print

  • Fly Away Security Team Airmen provide protection in Iraq's sky, ground

    The U.S. Air Force's more than 25,000 security forces members can deploy to perform a wide variety of duties ranging from air base defense, installation law enforcement, convoy escorts, detainee guards, quick reaction force or police trainers. For the select few security forces Airmen serving as Fly

  • Balad rescue squadron serves as Iraq’s ‘guardian angels’

    Coalition military members performing their missions in Iraq have plenty of equipment, tools, tactics, and techniques at their disposal in the event of a worst-case scenario in the field. However - if those safeguards fail - a unique team of operators from the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron is

  • Security Forces Airmen embrace combat mission

    A white Nissan pickup truck approaches a squad of American servicemembers on a patrol near Iraq's Tigris River outside of the village of Bakr, about 5 miles north of Joint Base Balad. Master Sgt. Anthony Fleming, the team's squad leader, sounds the alert, but Senior Airman Daniel Cooper already sees

  • NEWS RELEASE: Predator crashes in eastern Afghanistan

    An Air Force MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aircraft System crashed in eastern Afghanistan today in the early morning hours. The crash was not due to hostile fire. The aircraft is a medium-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft. The MQ-1's primary mission is conducting armed reconnaissance. A

  • JAG Airman provides unique service while deployed

    At home stations many Air Force attorneys spend their days providing legal counsel and preparing legal documents, but for one Air Force captain being deployed means serving in a unique legal position.Capt. Sophia Crawford, Multi-National Force-Iraq Office of the Staff Judge Advocate; Detention,