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  • From the shadows: PMEL Airmen deliver precision to AOR

    The door opens into a dimly-lit labyrinth of technology. The bright light from outside sears through revealing the truth behind the Air Force's precision of wartime capabilities. Though they work from the shadows of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing mission, the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance

  • O2 gets new housing in deployed location, mitigates threat

    Air Force officials met with local contractors here today for the site survey of a new construction project intended to house liquid and gas oxygen. Expeditionary constraints led to the tanks being stored in a hangar. The construction of a new facility alleviates the exposure of explosive hazards to

  • Deputy SecDef visits Sather

    Col. David Pavey, 447th Air Expeditionary Group commander, meets with Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England at Sather Air Base, on the west side of Baghdad International Airport. Secretary Gordon stopped at Sather AB as he traveled to other undisclosed locations within Iraq and other countries

  • $1 headset fix improves Predator mission

    Predator pilots here now have the capability to talk over a secure Internet phone line using their headsets thanks to one Airman's ingenuity and one dollar. Staff Sgt. Ray Stetler, the NCO in charge of base information and infrastructure for the 407th Expeditionary Communications Squadron here,

  • Pilots provide close air support in emergency situations

    For F-15E Strike Eagle and A-10 Thunderbolt pilots deployed to Bagram Air Field, joint terminal attack controllers play a vital role in the close air support mission. "The Air Force JTAC is absolutely our go-to guy on the ground to start any mission," said Capt. Jeff Sliwoski, an A-10 pilot with the

  • Sniper ATP-equipped B-1 has combat first

     Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod-equipped B-1 Lancer here had its first weapon employment in combat Aug. 4 successfully targeting enemy forces on the ground and dropping one guided bomb unit-38 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. A long-range precision targeting system, the Sniper ATP provides

  • 332nd ELRS initiatives shorten supply lines

    The 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's Material Management Flight is at the forefront in changing the way logisticians support warfighters. The flight has established a pre-positioned spare parts packages for deploying aircraft and is researching pre-positioning small-arms weapons