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  • A Colorado Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from Balad Air Base, Iraq. F-16s fly various missions from armed over watch to shows of force and close air support as part of Operation Iraq Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John Nimmo, Sr.)

    Airpower Summary for December 5

    Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Dec. 05, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles dropped Guided Bomb Unit-38s against enemy compounds in Garmsir.
  • FORWARD OPERATING BASE FENTY, Afghanistan - Master Sgt. Gary Clavin, a fire fighter here, performs an inspection of his extrication equipment, Nov. 10, 2007. More than 3,000 Airmen serve in a variety of missions across Afghanistan, helping to ensure the success of Coalition efforts to bring security and stability to the Afghan people. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Jasper)

    Firefighters in Afghanistan

  • Senior Master Sgt. Tim Cook shows Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Roger Newton the poor condition of the floors at the school Aug. 4 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Manas Air Base Outreach Society volunteers lend their personal time renovating community facilities or visiting with the elderly or residents of orphanages and medical facilities for children. Sergeant Cook is the leader for the Deaf School Focus Group for the Manas Air Base Outreach Society. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Adriane Craig)

    Manas supports local service organizations

    There's an old adage that it's better to give than to receive, but for two Manas community service organizations here whose charters are to provide support to others, it was a pleasant change to be on the other end of a donation December 4. The Manas Air Base Outreach Society and the Manas Service Organization were each presented with checks for
  • FORWARD OPERATING BASE MAHOLIC, Afghanistan -- Senior Airman Neil Murray, a combat medic here, stocks his medical bag before heading out on a convoy. Combat medics are usually the first to treat wounded servicemembers and stabilize them for transport to medical facilities. (DoD Photo by Spc. Daniel Richardson)

    Airman medic comes to aid of Soldiers, Afghans

    For Senior Airman Neil Murray, a combat medic with Police Mentor Team Linoma here, a normal day at the office can include calling out enemy positions to a gunner or treating life-threatening injuries. Murray, an emergency room medical technician deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., has spent the last several months as the sole medical
  • Lt. Gen. John Bradley, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, greets children at the Bishkek Boarding School for the Deaf as he visited Dec. 4 to present donated gifts. (Air Force photo by Maj. Adriane Craig)

    Caring not lost in translation

    Although his words had to be translated first into Russian and then into sign language, nothing was lost on the children of the Bishkek Boarding School for the Deaf when the chief of the Air Force Reserve arrived December 4 with the message that Americans care about the children of Kyrgyzstan. Lt. Gen. John Bradley visited Manas Air Base and took a
  • A C-130 Hercules touches down with smoking wheels on the landing strip of a Southwest Asia air base on September 29, 2007. The C-130 has been the workhorse of the U.S. Air Force since December 1956 when the C-130A model was brought into service for the Air Force. (USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Olsen)

    Airpower Summary for Dec. 4, 2007

    Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Dec. 04, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, a Royal Air Force Harrier GR-9 targeted an enemy position with an enhanced Paveway II munitions
  • A Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 taxis in preparation for takeoff at a Southwest Asia air base. The Tornado is with the RAF Detachment at the base. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Olsen)

    Airpower Summary for December 3

    Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Dec. 03, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles dropped Guided Bomb Unit-12s against enemy combatants in Kandahar.
  • BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - Children greet Lt. Gen. John Bradley, Dec. 3, 2007 at a village near here. General Bradley arrived here Dec. 2 with more than 25,000 lbs. of humanitarian relief supplies collected by his wife, Jan, for distribution to local villages such as this one. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Rick Sforza)(Released)

    Reserve commander delivers cheer to Afghans

    The frigid Afghanistan winter was made a little less harsh for Afghan villagers near here, thanks to thousands of pounds of humanitarian relief supplies delivered by a visiting Air Force leader. Lt. Gen. John Bradley, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, arrived here December 1 with more than 25,000 lbs. of supplies for Afghan families,
  • SOUTHWEST ASIA -- U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Fertig and Tech Sgt Alex Garrett, loadmasters deployed to the 40th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Al Udeid Air Base, from Dyess AFB, TX, throws a box of leaflets out the door of a C-130 over designated zones during an airdrop. The 40th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Al Udeid Air Base transport personnel and equipment in and around the AOR, provide aeromedical evacuation support,and make airdrops providing food, blankets, equipment, and leaflets to those on the ground. These leaflets are dropped to provide Coalition Forces with a means of mass communication to citizens in the area to aide in the capture of insurgents. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Angelique Perez)

    Leaflets urge Iraqis to help capture armed insurgent militia members

    More than one million leaflets were pushed out of a 40th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules over ten designated drop zones urging local citizens to provide information on three top leaders of an armed insurgent militia in Iraq. The leaflets are the wanted posters of the region and were requested by a Polish Psychological Operations unit
  • SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Members of the Central Command Air Forces RIPRNet Special Maintenance Team work to install a portion of a communications tower at Ali Air Base, Iraq. The tower is part of a core site for the Radio over Internet Protocol Routed network.

    RIPRnet continues to evolve

    Two years after its standup, RIPRnet has a very different mission and much greater reach than originally planned. Radio-over-Internet Protocol Routed network is a key communications network for both ground convoys and air operations throughout Iraq, consisting of 15 core sites and 37 ground station consoles. "In September of 2007, we finished the
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