Training wing soars to 3,000th hour in Iraqi sky

The Iraqi air force Flying Training Wing has reached yet another goal, that may have seemed impossible a year ago, with the help of the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron. This partnership reached the 3,000th flying training hour milestone here Sept 23. Iraqi air force student pilot 2nd Lt.

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Solid foundation

Powering protection

Airmen, Sailors share historic moment in UAS launch

An Air Combat Command RQ-4A Global Hawk made history on several fronts when it arrived at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing here after a 19-hour flight Sept. 20. Sailors from Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., launched the unmanned aircraft out of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force

On patrol

ABS-G: New gear integrates function, capabilities for combat Airmen

Battlefield Airmen will soon receive a new equipment item that will improve their ability to execute their combat duties. The new Airman Battle System-Ground is a tactical ensemble, or equipment item, for Airmen who perform their mission outside the wire in close coordination with ground forces. "It

Airpower integral to Kajaki Dam turbine delivery

Amongst continual 24/7 air operations over Iraq and Afghanistan coalition airpower focused its efforts on a critical part of Southern Afghanistan from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2 to protect more than 4,000 ground forces and support the delivery of an electric turbine for the 30-year-old hydroelectric Kajaki

Deployed runners participate in Air Force Marathon, Baghdad style

Iraqi airmen keep helicopter fleet flying

The scent of oil and mechanical parts drifted through the air as an Mi-17 Hip helicopter sat in the shade of a hangar here Sept. 11. Its rear door lay open, and panels along its tail boom were lifted away and stowed as Iraqi airmen crawled through the vehicle's innards. Two airmen straddled the