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  • Airman's packaging idea cuts hazmat response time

    One Airman's initiative has cut the response times for hazardous material teams from hours to minutes, and his supervisors want civil engineer units throughout the Air Force to adopt the idea. Senior Airman Michael Blair, an emergency management equipment technician with the 332nd Expeditionary

  • 379th ECES ‘Dirt Boyz’ keep wing mission off ‘bumpy roads’

    Their name implies what they do for a living and offers a distinct visual of how hard they work. They are the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron shop affectionately known as the "Dirt Boyz." They are considered by base leadership as an invaluable asset and a major support function. The

  • Iraqi AF Flying Training Wing reaches 2,000-hour milestone

    The Iraqi air force reached 2,000 flying training hours here July 13, with the help of the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron. The milestone comes 11 months after Lt. Col. Mark "Snapper" Bennett, the 52nd EFTS commander, arrived at Kirkuk. "This is very significant across the entire

  • EOD: Protecting Airmen from things that go "boom"

    Improvised explosive devices account for more than 40 percent of all U.S. servicemember deaths, but a small group of professional Airmen make the roads of Baghdad a little safer by taking out any IED, explosively formed penetrator or unexploded ordnance that gets in their way. The 447th

  • 8 EAMS Invaluable to movement of personnel, cargo

    A squadron of 255 Air Mobility Command Airmen in Southwest Asia works around the clock to ensure passengers and cargo move in and out of the U.S. Air Forces Central area of responsibility, proudly proclaiming, "You need it, we move it." The 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, a tenant unit of

  • Utah Air National Guard fuels fight in Afghanistan

    The four blue-tailed KC-135 Stratotankers of the Utah Air National Guard's 151st Air Refueling Wing have been a scarce sight on the tarmac at Manas Air Base since deploying here in late June. Instead, they've spent much of the last few weeks of their first deployment to the Kyrgyz Republic airborne

  • Working dog kennels receive massive renovation

    Military working dogs traveling here before departing to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility are receiving a "bone-a-fide" upgrade to their accommodations, courtesy of the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. The renovations, which included floor stripping and resealing and the