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  • May 26 airpower summary: A-10s bomb targets

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 26, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs dropped guided bomb

  • Kirkuk expands medical capabilities

    The 506th Expeditionary Medical Squadron expanded its medical capabilities with the recent acquisition of a computed tomography scanner. Known as a CT scanner, the machine takes X-ray images of the body's internal areas in multi-plane slices - an improvement from typical X-ray techniques, said Maj.

  • Coalition forces, local government thwart IED in Panjshir

    Many innocent Afghan lives were saved due to the quick action of a local farmer and the combined efforts of the Panjshir government and the Provincial Reconstruction Team here May 23. A farmer, crossing one of his fields on a Panjshir mountain ridge, found an improvised explosive device and

  • May 25 airpower summary: B-1B deters enemy

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 25, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, French Mirage-2000s performed shows of force in order to

  • Visionary doctor helps hundreds of Iraqis

    A single doctor, a retired Air Force colonel, arrived here without much fanfare May 18 and left four days later. He left in his wake improved sight for many Iraqis and priceless training for Nasiriyah General Hospital physicians. He traveled with a few bags and a 50-pound box containing a

  • J-STARS total force cooperation helps save lives

    Looking deep into hostile territory, modified Boeing 707s with multi-mode radar systems provide surveillance of territory behind enemy lines. The 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System is equipped with radar, communications, operations

  • May 24 airpower summary: C-130 airlift keeps mission going

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 24, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs conducted shows of force in

  • CE Airmen complete projects to benefit U.S., Iraqi army

    Airmen from Detachment 6 of the 732nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, recently returned here from forward deployed locations where they were instrumental in building infrastructures for coalition and joint forces in Iraq. One project was to build a joint combat outpost in the Diyala River