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  • Airmen help Iraqi Air Force become self-sustaining service

    High above the desert terrain, they fly in providing security to the people of Iraq. Always scanning for possible threats, the Iraqi Airmen are vigilant, alert and ready to engage the enemy while patrolling the skies. The Iraqi Air Force has evolved by leaps and bounds in recent years. Guiding these

  • Security Forces protects combat resources

    They're on the flightline, at entry control points, and along the perimeter. Sometimes, they're not seen at all. They are security forces. While the exact numbers are classified, members of the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron are located throughout Afghanistan helping fight the Global

  • Manas AB soars with total force operations

    The 376th Air Expeditionary Wing pushes tanker airpower as the most Total Force integrated aircrews in the U.S. Air Forces Central Area of Responsibility. The Liberandos' "Tanker Total Force" has a combined staff of Air National Guard crews and maintenance teams alongside active-duty Airmen working

  • Airman volunteers for 18-month deployment to assist Iraq

    An Air Force major will return to the United States from Iraq -- more than a year after he expected to be home, but for him, it was time well spent assisting Iraqi personnel to fly, fight and defeat terrorism and establish a secure environment and air sovereignty. Maj. Jiro McCoy, 770th Air

  • Manas AB fire department switches to contract services

    The 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron turned over fire protection and prevention responsibilities to civilian contract fire fighters in a small ceremony here June 2. Manas AB is one of the first bases to outsource fire protection services in the U.S. Air Forces Central area of

  • New road brings prosperity to Afghan province

    More than 1,000 people attended the groundbreaking ceremony for a new $6 million road in Barak, Bazarak District, Panjshir, May 28. During the ceremony, Afghan officials from the highest levels of government discussed the critical importance of the road, which will extend from Barak to Khenj, to

  • Afghan women heard at medical engagement

    During a medical engagement in the remote village of Dah Khawak, Afghanistan, Thursday, 48-burqa-clad women found their voices as they were treated by female healthcare providers; some for the first time. Each appointment started out the same. A local Afghan woman came into the woman's clinic, which

  • Legends of Funk tour where legend continues

    Three funk bands toured Air Force and Army assets at Balad Air Base/Logistics Support Area Anaconda May 31-June 1 to get a better understanding of the mission of deployed servicemembers and life in a combat zone, before holding a concert here June 1. The Legends of Funk, a 14-member group consisting