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  • SECAF thanks Balad Airmen for their service, dedication to mission

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne recently stopped at here to talk to deployed Airmen during a luncheon and Airmen's Call Feb. 2. During his visit, Secretary Wynne discussed topics including in-lieu-of taskings, the medical miracles of Iraq and current and future changes on the horizon for

  • Young pilot shares vision for Iraqi Air Force

    Inside the newly opened Iraqi Flying Training school here, Iraqi Lt. Abdul applies fluid motions to gently land his aircraft on a digitized strip of runway. His trainer, a U.S. Air Force major, stands silently in the background and nods with a sense of unconcerned approval, like a calculus teacher

  • SECAF addresses deployed Airmen

    "On behalf of the president of the United States and the American people, we salute you," Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne told more than 400 Airmen during his visit to an air base in Southwest Asia Feb. 1. "You are the front lines of freedom." Secretary Wynne addressed Airmen in an open

  • Airmen mentor Afghan National Police

    Close interaction with the Afghans residing in Parwan and Kapisa Provinces is part of a normal day for the Airmen assigned to the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team. Part of that interaction includes the assistance the Kohistan II district Afghanistan National Police received Jan. 25. "Working

  • Airpower Summary for February 2

    Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Feb. 2, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer dropped Guided Bomb

  • AFSPC commander sees space assets in action at CAOC

    The Air Force space mission is critical to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan today. To get a look inside real-time space operations in the battlespace, Gen. C. Robert "Bob" Kehler, Air Force Space Command commander, visited the Combined Air and Space Operations Center Feb. 2, during an extended

  • Media event showcases Air Force airpower

    The 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing hosted four major media outlets, three print and one television, in an unprecedented media event here Jan. 30. The event was the first time major media outlets visited the base for one specific event. NBC news, The Associated Press, New York Times and Los Angeles

  • Airpower Summary for February 1

    Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Feb. 1, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle dropped Guided

  • Iraqi Police, U.S. forces work together for safer Kirkuk

    Thirty police chiefs from across the Kirkuk province recently returned here after attending a ground-breaking, four-week training course designed to improve security throughout the region. The Senior Law Enforcement Staff Management course, conducted at Camp Dublin in Baghdad, taught the region's

  • Airpower Summary for January 31

    Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Jan. 31, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer dropped Guided Bomb