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  • May 17 airpower summary: Strike Eagles strike

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 17, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, French Mirage M2000Ds performed shows of force to deter

  • Transshipment Center: 'blood line' of AOR

    Shipping blood to the far reaches of the earth including Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and the Horn of Africa, a five member Blood Transshipment Center team in Southwest Asia does its part to process and deliver quality, life-saving blood to war fighters and civilian casualties. Servicemembers donate

  • ARC uses volunteers to offer vital resources down range

    Even away from home and deployed halfway around the world, Airmen sometimes can't escape the financial fiascos they left behind. The only Airman Readiness Center in the U.S. Air Forces Central area of responsibility is ready to help. "We have computers and morale phones for our customers to make

  • May 16 airpower summary: A-10s strike enemy

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 16, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, a Royal Air Force GR-9 Harrier dropped Enhanced Paveway II

  • May 15 airpower summary: Reaper strikes enemy

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 15, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an MQ-9 Reaper dropped a guided bomb unit-12 and fired

  • Deployed environmental stewardship pays off

    In the middle of the desert, Airmen have gone 'Green'. These Green Airmen deployed to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing are participating in a recycling program designed to reduce the waste produced at an air base in Southwest Asia. Items such as wooden pallets and cardboard, to metals and plastic

  • May 14 airpower summary: C-17s master the globe

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 14, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, F-15E Strike Eagles dropped guided bomb unit-31s and

  • Air Force hosts anti-IED conference

    The battle against improvised explosive devices takes place on the streets of Iraq and Afghanistan everyday, but this week Coalition members took the fight into a conference room, tucked away on an air base in Southwest Asia. Arranged by the Combined Air and Space Operations Center's Combined

  • Airmen airdrop messages to Iraqi citizens

    American Airman continue to deliver critical information to Iraqi citizens living and working in some of the most dangerous cities in Iraq. While airlift aircrews in the Air Force typically transport cargo and passengers from Point A to Point B, another major part of their mission deals with