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  • Maintenance coalition exchange tours enhance vital partnership

    As a vital component of the combined team, coalition air forces have proved instrumental in the continued success of the airlift mission for Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. This was exemplified during the final two weeks of July at an air base in the Persian Gulf, as the 386th Expeditionary

  • Aug. 5 Airpower Summary: C-130s deliver troop supplies

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 5, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle dropped guided bomb unit-38s

  • Iraqi, American fire fighters trained and ready

    At a time when increasing numbers of Iraqis and Americans alike are looking towards a future with a fully trained and independent Iraq, there is one particular group of Iraqi professionals who are fully trained, equipped and ready to accomplish their mission now. The men charged with fire protection

  • Project Coordination Office streamlines efforts in Zabul

    The newly created Project Coordination Office in Zabul province marked its first day of operations here Aug. 4. They met to select one of five contractor bids for building a new boys' dormitory in Qalat. The PCO serves as a hub for all reconstruction and development efforts within the province from

  • New structure offers innovative training for firefighters

    Iraqi firefighters can now sharpen their abilities to operate effectively inside burning structures with the aid of a new training facility. Seven Iraqi firefighters learned search and rescue tactics at the new facility here July 30 alongside firefighters from the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer

  • Iraqi women volunteer for checkpoint duties

    Insurgents are taking advantage of Soldiers who are reluctant to search females by dressing as women to get through checkpoints. They're also recruiting more women as suicide bombers, who killed more than 65 people in Baghdad July 22. Now, Iraqi women are stepping forward to help solve this problem.

  • Global Hawk: the cost, the dividends

    Seven flying "robots," 16 pilots, 7 sensor operators and a couple hundred maintainers add up to one of the most advanced reconnaissance missions in the U.S. Air Force operational world. The RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 10, an unmanned aerial vehicle, is capable of some of the most technologically-advanced