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  • Scavenger Airmen tracks down parts for Iraqi maintenance depot

    A Joint Expeditionary Tasking Airman with the 732nd Air Expeditionary Group has a unique job to do here. He is responsible for acquiring HMMWV and tank parts for the Taji National Maintenance Depot, which unveiled its first M1114 HMMWV that was restored by an all Iraqi maintenance crew here March

  • Combat chapel team goes outside wire for duty

    The chaplain and his assistant for the 732nd Air Expeditionary Group has a one-of-a-kind job. The Airmen they serve perform their duties in combat zones outside the wire... so they do to.As one of the only 'combat' chapel teams, Chaplain (Capt.) David Haltom and Staff Sgt. Porscha Howard, the chapel

  • KC-135 crew makes Manas tankers' missions happen

    When a jet engine fails, a mission fails. But, with Airmen "on the ready" here 24/7, the KC-135 Stratotanker mission doesn't falter. The 376th Expeditionary Wing is one of the lead refueling wings supporting operations over Afghanistan, so when one of its KC-135's four turbofan engines was recently

  • A-10 unit reaches 10,000 hour milestone

    The 75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron reached a historic milestone Feb. 24 when the unit surpassed 10,000 combat flight hours in the A-10 Thunderbolt II for a single deployment rotation at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. Col. Raymond "Donk" Strasburger, 455th Expeditionary Operations Group

  • European Union delegation visits Manas Air Base

    delegation of five representatives from the European Union visited Manas Air Base Feb. 21 to see firsthand how it supports the International Security Assistance Force mission and coalition partnership in Afghanistan. "It was an honor to host Ambassador Morel and his team as they visited Manas for

  • Combat camera personnel support mission in unique way

    When many people think of the word combat, they may have visions of fire fights, violent conflicts and warfare but for a select few Airmen and Soldiers the word combat means being armed with a camera. For these members of the Multi-National Corps-Iraq C39 Joint Combat Camera team, based out of

  • FOBs tap into Iraqi power with help of Airmen

    An initiative that will save the U.S. government thousands of dollars took place Feb. 20 in the International Zone here, as members of the Joint Expeditionary Team did their part in converting power from generators to commercial power.By tapping into the Iraqi power grid, many areas within forward

  • Airmen learn, teach Iraqi aircraft maintenance

    Imagine trying to teach someone how to perform a very complex task when they have no formal training, now picture accomplishing this when you don't even speak the same language.This is the task at hand for many aircraft structural maintenance Airmen from the 321st Air Expeditionary Advisory

  • CAFTT generates second batch of graduates

    Air Force instructor pilots and contractors from the Coalition Air Force Training Team sit smiling and proud in an audience; similar to gathering families who attend an American college commencement, bearing witness to a new group of Iraqi fixed-wing student pilots and "IP" graduates, Feb. 19. After