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  • Balad servicemembers mark milestone in decreasing convoys, saving lives

    Deployed servicemembers here have prevented approximately 10,000 convoy vehicles and about 27,000 servicemembers from traveling along improvised explosive device laden Iraqi roads since the squadron stood up in January 2006. To get these people and vehicles moved quickly and safely throughout the

  • May 13 airpower summary: F-15Es destroy enemy targets

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 13, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an F-15E Strike Eagle dropped a guided bomb unit-12 onto

  • Manas Airmen put Russian skills to test

    Manas Airmen tested their newly acquired Russian language skills during a local day trip to Bishkek May 12. Several students, recently "graduated" from their volunteer Russian class accompanied by their instructor, Staff Sgt. Alex Kryvenia into the city. The day trip included shopping, lunch and a

  • A tradition of honor

    Our servicemen and women are serving throughout the world as guardians of peace -- many of them away from their homes, their friends and their families. They are visible evidence of our determination to meet any threat to the peace with measured strength and high resolve. They are also evidence of a

  • May 12 airpower summary: C-130s continue support

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 12, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs fired cannon rounds and

  • Camp Eggers staff visit Afghan girls' school

    Nearly 70 members of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan delivered backpacks, toys and school supplies to the Zabuli Education Center for Girls and Women May 8 outside of Kabul. American servicemembers from Camp Eggers visited the school as part of the volunteer community relations

  • Airmen, Soldiers hone skills of Afghanistan National Police

    A Parwan Police Mentoring Team traveled to Dandar, a small village in the Parwan province of Afghanistan, May 8 to instruct members of the Afghanistan National Police on hand-to-hand combat, community policing, coordination-cell training and criminal investigation. The PMT is a highly-efficient team

  • May 11 airpower summary: C-130s provide heavy airlift

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 11, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles dropped a guided bomb

  • Brothers in arms, family by blood

    Stepping off an aircraft in a foreign country after days of travel for the first time can often be overwhelming for any Airman. After in-processing, trying to get their bearing and the lay of the new desert terrain, many newly deployed Airmen seek refuge in their new unit. Two members of the 447th

  • PRT engineers, Afghan contractors ensure quality construction

    More than 80 Afghan contractors recently participated in a workshop hosted by the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team engineers to discuss the Commander's Emergency Response Program contracting process and to present upgraded construction standards. The annual workshop explains the bidding