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  • AFCENT commander visits Kirkuk Airmen

    U.S. Air Forces Central and 9th Air Force commander Lt. Gen. Gary North toured several base agencies and spoke to hundreds of Airmen during a visit here April 7. During his commander's call address, the general focused on the vital role each Airman plays to accomplishing the nation's mission on the

  • Bringing the joy of music to the hearts of Balad, Anaconda

    The U.S. Air Forces Central band ensemble, "Hot Brass" entertained servicemembers here, April 8. In addition to performing at Town Hall, the band also performed at the Air Force Theater Hospital and Housing Area 6 recreation center. During their performances the band offered a wide variety of music

  • Airborne ambulances evac wounded warriors

    Miles high, aircraft of all kinds hover 24/7, flying missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, and the Horn of Africa. Some are fighters. Some are bombers. Some are cargo aircraft. And some carry medics who are trained to provide aeromedical evacuation for patients in harm's way. The 379th

  • Honorable Duehring calls for input from deployed Airmen

    The Honorable Craig Duehring, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Washington, D.C. met with Airmen here to discuss important issues affecting them as he made another stop on his tour of the deployed theater Wednesday. Mr. Duehring, met with several Air Force Active

  • Airpower Summary for April 8

    Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations April 8, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs fired cannon

  • PRT engineers inspect "outside the wire" daily

    When most people think of civil engineer officers, they think of programming, planning, and designing; all of which usually take place behind four walls, a desk, and a computer. They envision a nine-to-five, white collar job that rarely puts them in harm's way. That's not the case when you're

  • Oldest USAFE A-10 performing CAS

    For 17 consecutive years the Air Force has been conducting combat operations, flying its aircraft about five times the peacetime rate while forgoing any significant recapitalization. This includes an A-10A Warthog, deployed here from the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, which

  • Airman donates to Locks of Love

    She had long hair all of her life, but during a deployment here she decided to donate 13 inches of it to Locks of Love. "I never had short hair," said Staff Sgt. Jenet Akerson, 451st Expeditionary Communications Flight Network Control Center technician. "I was raised in Hawaii; my mom has long hair,

  • Airman earns Purple Heart on twelfth deployment

    The hazards of twelve deployments finally caught up to one 18-year Air Force veteran. Tech. Sergeant Jerome S. Baker was awarded a Purple Heart for a wound suffered to his right thigh during a terrorist rocket attack near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad's International Zone March 26. Sergeant Baker is a

  • AFCENT band visit reunites father with Army son during deployment

    As the U.S. Air Forces Central band traveled to various deployed bases throughout the Southwest Asia since mid-January, one of the group's musicians anxiously awaited his performances in early April at Kirkuk. Master Sgt. Dean Smith, a trombonist, re-united with his son, U.S. Army Specialist David