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  • 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

  • Airman leads joint team in managing the enemy’s cache

    Among the many missions executed at the Taji National Depot, one of the most interesting jobs is enemy weapons collection. Air Force Capt. Ted Yang is the liaison officer for Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq's J4 Collective Weapons section. For him, each day literally brings something

  • Iraqi aircraft structural training off to slow but promising start

    U.S. Airmen involved in the rebuilding of a new Iraqi air force enjoyed many successes in 2008. Among those success stories is the Basic Aircraft Maintenance Course being conducted at the Iraqi Air Force Training School located at al Taji Air Base. The course is an entry level aircraft

  • Jan. 2 airpower summary: B-1s on patrol

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Jan. 2, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, 49 close-air-support missions were flown in support of

  • TAC-Ps provide vital link between pilots, Soldiers

    Although they make up one of the Air Force's smallest career fields, their mission leaves a huge impact on the battlefield and can mean life or death for troops on the ground. Tactical air control-party members serve as liaisons between Army ground commanders and pilots in the sky to eliminate the

  • USAF firefighters relocate, expand Iraqi fire training course

    Iraqi firefighters are more than half-way through the firefighter apprentice course being taught for the first time in Baghdad's International Zone. The class was previously conducted at Taji Military Base just north of Baghdad but the location lacked advanced live fire trainers and had a very

  • Filler’ up--with two million gallons of premium!

    Filler' up is a phrase you may have used many times back in the days of full service gas stations but it's not very common terminology in the day and age of high-prices and self-service everything. The 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants Flight,