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  • 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

  • First AFSA chapter in Afghanistan honors POW/MIA Day

    While Americans throughout the U.S. observed National Prisoner of War/Missing In Action Day Sept. 19, Airmen halfway around the world at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan held their own recognition ceremony. The POW/MIA recognition ceremony was put on by the Air Force Sergeants Association

  • Air Force Marathon runs through Iraq

    While many Air Force Marathon participants in Dayton, Ohio, may have been winding down the night before the race, runners at Ali Base began pacing themselves with the sound of a car horn. More than 70 Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and civilians - American and Romanian -- took off into the darkness in

  • 3 deployed Airmen, 200-plus weapons: 1 secure wing

    Three members of the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron here swapped out the last of 235 hand guards on the unit's cache of M-4 carbines Wednesday. The modification will provide critical upgrades to the current capabilities of the weapon. "This upgrade benefits the mission by providing our