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  • 9 AF, USAFCENT Airmen’s Memorial Foundation approved

    The 9th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Central headquarters here is one step closer to memorializing Airmen who have been killed in action since the inception of 9 AF on June 28, 1942. The 9 AF and USAFCENT Airmen's Memorial Foundation has been approved, allowing the entity to operate as a private

  • Airmen demonstrate unmanned aircraft systems not merely ‘drones’

    The door to the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron features a drawing of an MQ-1 Predator armed with Hellfire missiles underscored with the words "We're not drones - we fire back." Often referred to by reporters as "drones," unmanned aircraft systems like the MQ-1 Predator and RQ-4 Global

  • WIT provides battlefield forensics

    When an improvised explosive device is detected most people run and take cover but the Weapons Intelligence Team heads to the site to start the crime scene investigation. The WIT provides counter IED intelligence through collection, analysis and tactical exploitation in support of Multi-National

  • ISR operations: 'Eye in the sky'

    "Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment." These words from the American philosopher and reformer John Dewey make the point that as conditions change, we must not simply adapt to them, but instead endeavor to control

  • Maintenance advisors take Iraqis on TDY for training

    In an attempt to help members of the Iraqi air force better cross utilize their resources and assets, two maintenance Airmen took three Iraqi air force members from here to Camp Taji, Iraq to help fix one of Iraq's C-130s.Technical sergeants Jim Grifasi and Bobby McKenzie, advisors with the 321st

  • Raven B operators maintain ‘eyes-on’ for Airmen ground forces

    "There it is," said Staff Sgt. Jeff Tomkiewicz, 887th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, as he pointed at a little, buzzing white dot in the sky. As the Raven B operator approached the small strip of sand of Camp Bucca's Burge Field, the tiny Raven B unmanned aerial system hovered above the

  • Quick thinking crew, teamwork, helps navigate tanker out of trouble

    "Any aircraft, any station, this is Shell 73, Emergency. We've lost complete navigational capability. Request assistance." This was the mayday call from Capt. Matthew Jaeger as he and the crew of Shell 73, a KC-135 Stratotanker from Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, transmitted in blind while flying

  • New unit brings new mission to Kandahar for Afghan troop increase

    Driving around Kandahar Air Field - a NATO base inhabited by several coalition partners in southern Afghanistan -one can see massive expansion and construction in every direction as part of the build-up of forces in the country. One example of this build-up occurred with the recent stand-up of a new

  • Manas Airmen build bonds with Bishkek babushkas

    Wearing woolen coats, knitted caps, and hand-crocheted shawls, three elderly Kygryz ladies climb slowly onto a shuttle bus in downtown Bishkek. The babushkas, or grandmas, are greeted by a cheerful "Hello, Maria! Hello, Vera! Hello Mariya!" Manas Air Base Outreach Society volunteers have come to