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  • RED HORSE Airmen close chapter with Iraqis

    Airmen with the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron closed a chapter in their history as the commander and key workers witnessed the ribbon cutting ceremony for a community center here Dec. 5. Through a program called Village of Hope, rapid engineer deployable heavy operational repair squadron

  • USAF advisors show Iraqi army leaders base operations

    One of the largest military bases in Iraq sits north of Baghdad in the rural community of Taji. Taji Military Base is home to the country's only national-level maintenance and supply depots. The base was once a military center of excellence in the Hussein regime. Today Taji's streets are lined with

  • Iraqi medics complete aeromedical evacuation course

    Instructors from the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, graduated 14 Iraqi air force medics from an Aeromedical Evacuation Basics Course here Dec. 4. The graduation ceremony was the culmination of 12 days of training that ended with a patient movement exercise

  • Simple American donations add sole to Airmen's Afghan mission

    In many parts of Afghanistan, families have to sacrifice things to feed their families and survive. Shoes are one item many young Afghan children go without. A generous handful of American donors and the Kapisa and Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team recently delivered hundreds of pairs of

  • Attack helicopters expand Afghan air corps' capabilities

    Flying 90 percent of its own missions, the Afghan National Army Air Corps has spread its wings and has evolved into an indispensable form of military power in counterinsurgency and medical evacuation operations throughout the country. Along with the recertification of previously trained Afghan

  • Airmen mentors: wind beneath Afghan air corps' wings

    A growing source of pride and a strong visual symbol of the growing strength of the Afghan government is the country's ever evolving air corps. And with the help of U.S. Air Force mentors, it's moving in the right direction. To ensure the Afghan National Army Air Corps is able to keep their fleet in

  • Airman helps shape future Afghan firefighters

    Afghan firefighters at the Kabul International Airport stand ready to answer a call to save lives and resources here thanks to the dedicated efforts of their American counterpart. Air Force Master Sgt. Mike Marascia, Afghan fire protection mentor, has spent the last 11 months establishing the Afghan

  • Predator combat air patrol named after former Tuskeegee Airman

    Nothing could be more fitting for the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, based at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, than to have an MQ-1 Predator combat air patrol named after one of its most famous Airmen. Lt. Gen. Gary North, the commander of U.S. Air Forces Central, aligned a Predator combat air patrol to be

  • U.S. MQ-1 Predator crashes at Joint Base Balad

    A United States Air Force MQ-1 Predator assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Joint Base Balad, Iraq, crashed on the Balad runway today at about 7:30 a.m. Baghdad time. The extent of the damage is unknown at this time. A board of officers has been convened to investigate the incident. For