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  • Flight engineer reaches 10,000 flight hours

    A flight engineer with the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing's 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron surpassed 10,000 flight hours during a KC-10 Extender mission March 29. Senior Master Sgt. Robert Fisher, a St. Petersburg, Fla. native and home stationed out of McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., ended

  • Airmen at war set cargo, passenger movement records

    Air transportation requirements of cargo and troops within U.S. Central Command's 27-nation area of responsibility reached an all-time high in March, but Airmen responded to this demand with a record-setting performance. U.S. Air Forces Central's air mobility professionals topped previous benchmarks

  • Fallen security forces Airman honored at Sather, Balad

    Memorial services were held April 5 and 6 here and at Balad Air Base, Iraq, for Staff Sergeant Travis Griffin, a member of the 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Detachment 3. Airmen, Soldiers and civilians of both bases gathered to pay their respects for Sergeant Griffin, who was killed

  • April 6 airpower summary: Reaper destroys target

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations April 6, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force MQ-9A Reaper, an Air Force B-1B Lancer and

  • Manas AB surpasses transient record

    March marked a transient record for the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, but not without the combined efforts from base support agencies here. The team moved more than 10,000 passengers last month to forward deployed locations in Afghanistan or redeploying forces headed home. The one-day passenger

  • April 5 airpower summary: C-17s carry the load

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations April 5, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, a Royal Air Force GR-7 Harrier conducted a show of force

  • Airpower Summary for April 3

    Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Apr. 3, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, French Mirage-2000s performed shows of force in

  • Over one million gallons and counting

    The previous record here for transferring one million gallons of fuel from a fuel truck to an aircraft was 73 days. But an Airman deployed here from the 3rd Logistics Readiness Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, recently raised the bar and reached this milestone in a record-setting 64

  • AFCENT deputy commander visits deployed Airmen

    The U.S. Central Command deputy commander, Maj. Gen. William Holland, wrapped up a two-day visit to the Persian Gulf Region April 2 with a visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing. During General Holland's visit he met and talked with various Airmen from those who fly to those who maintain the

  • Deployed daddy watches his son's birth via webcam

    Imagine finding out that you are not only about to be deployed, but you also have a baby on the way. This is the situation Staff Sgt. Nicholas Todd, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Operations Squadron, found himself in when, four months into his wife's pregnancy, he was informed of his upcoming