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  • Airmen prepare pilots, aircrews to fly, fight, win

    How often do you put your life in the hands of someone else? Pilots and aircrew members do it every time they fly. It's all a matter of trust, said Capt. Anthony Campbell, a C-130 Hercules aircraft commander deployed with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, who described flying a

  • Airpower Summary for February 15

    Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Feb. 15, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan a total of 25 close air support missions were

  • Command and control unit keeps watch over the skies

    Airmen who sleep in their beds at night don't have worry about who's watching the skies here because of one unit that patrols the sky 24/7. Using an Airborne Warning and Control system, 70 Airmen in the 71st Expeditionary Air Control Squadron in Southwest Asia, along with Army missile battery here,

  • Fueling the fight

    They say change is good, but when the battle situation changes it means integrated air operations must be able to change as well. That means staying in the air longer and being able to go as far as necessary to accomplish the mission. U.S and coalition bombers, fighters, and other aircraft take off

  • Airpower Summary for February 14

    Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Feb. 14, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer dropped Guide Bomb

  • Airpower Summary for February 13

    Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Feb. 13, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolts dropped a Guided

  • Air Force team aids Afghan police with UXO disposal

    Airmen from the explosive ordnance disposal, 755th Air Expeditionary Group, assisted Kohistan II district Afghanistan National Police with unexploded ordnance disposal Feb. 2. "The police chief requested our assistance with removing the UXOs during our last visit," said Tech. Sgt. Francis Warren,

  • Airmen help shape tomorrow's Iraq

    Students at Safwan school, located near Umm Qasr, recently received a gift of supplies and athletic equipment from Coalition forces. Airmen from the 887th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga., delivered dozens of supplies to the students. The supplies included paper,