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  • Reaper AMU deploys to Joint Base Balad

    A coalition force comprising experts from the U.S. Air Force and Royal Air Force deployed here recently to sustain operations for the world's most lethal unmanned aircraft system. An MQ-9 Reaper aircraft maintenance unit, attached to the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance and Attack Squadron, melds

  • Predator damaged in Afghanistan

    An Air Force MQ-1 Predator was damaged at approximately 10:15 a.m. at a base in southern Afghanistan, November 20. The aircraft is a medium-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft. The MQ-1's primary mission is conducting armed reconnaissance. A safety investigation board will be

  • C-130 Hercules reaches milestone over Iraq

    Thirty thousand hours. That's a big number, especially when talking about aircraft flying hours. Most military aircraft are retired long before reaching such a milestone, but some of the oldest C-130 Hercules in the fleet are reaching and exceeding this number while flying daily combat airlift

  • Deployed crews practice emergency-landing response

    The 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron took a proactive approach to conducting barrier inspections here Nov. 19. The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing's barriers, used during fighter-jet emergency landings and departures, were nearing their annual certification date in January 2009. The

  • C-21: Small jet, big impact

    When it comes to airlift many may think bigger is better. But a small unit flying a small aircraft is making a big difference in the area of operations. The light, compact C-21 can deliver high priority passengers and cargo faster than any heavy airlift aircraft and the 379th Expeditionary

  • Air support unites Airmen, Soldiers

    When a Soldier goes into the field, danger is ever present. And when a Soldier comes under fire from the enemy, there's nothing they're more grateful for than the roar of a Coalition aircraft screaming overhead putting lead down on the bad guys. Soldiers deployed here from the Pennsylvania National