Iraqi AF Flying Training Wing achieves 5K-hour milestone

Reaching the 5,000-hour flying training-mark is a milestone that indicates the Iraqi Airmen being trained by the U.S. Air Force's 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron here are closer to their country's goal of fielding a viable, independent air force. Flying a battleship gray Cessna 172 with

Physician assistant makes difference in Afghan lives

Servicemembers of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktya in Gardez, Afghanistan, are helping to develop the infrastructure necessary for the Afghan people to succeed in a post-conflict environment. One member of the Paktya PRT is Capt. James Parris. The physician assistant from the 96th Medical

Applying the ATO cycle to communications planning, execution

In Baghdad, communications professionals from all services are supporting the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq Directorate of Communications' mission in Iraq. Interestingly, they are employing Air Tasking Order concepts to shape the cyber battlefield for the Government of Iraq.

Iraqi AF get first pallets, enhance logistical mission

Members of the Iraqi air force took another step toward becoming a fully operational air force with the delivery of their first 463L pallets, which can now be used in their logistical readiness system. The transition, which has been in the works for about four years, is now a reality for the Iraqis

Airmen, Soldiers in Iraq watch new leader take command

Airmen stationed here in "far-off deserts" are among the Americans who the 44th president of the United States spoke about during his inaugural address Jan. 20. As Barack Obama took his oath of office shortly after 8 p.m. local, Airmen and Soldiers here quietly marveled at television screens base

AOR Airmen witness history

USAFCENT commander visits Creech

The commander of U.S. Air Forces Central visited Creech Jan. 13 to get a first-hand look at MQ-1B Predator and MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aircraft Systems operations and thank Airmen assigned here for their contributions to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This was Lt. Gen. Gary North's first visit to

Joint Air Force, Army partnership leads to mission execution, success

In late August- early September, Coalition Airmen and Soldiers teamed up to deliver an electric turbine for the hydroelectric Kajaki Dam in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Oqab Tsuka, or Eagle's Summit. Nearly 4,000 ground forces supported this arduous mission while coalition air

Jan 20 Airpower Summary: A-10s, F-15Es strike enemy targets

Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations January 20, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II's and F-15E

Airman wraps up rewarding tour teaching Iraqi cadets

Teaching leadership in a foreign land was never part of his career plan, but that's exactly what Capt. Tom Fiordelisi has been doing for the last 12 months at a forward operating base near Baghdad. Fiordelisi served as Commandant of Cadets for ROTC Detachment 630 at Kent State University in Ohio