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  • Royal Air Force "ACE" leaves AOR with memories, hope for Afghan future

    "Without a doubt, Air Power is an incredible force. It's our true asymmetric capability," said Air Commodore Michael Jenkins as he passed through the Combined Air and Space Operations Center here on his way home to the United Kingdom. He had served as the Air Coordination Element director for the

  • Team effort sets Airlift standard

    Any significant group achievement can normally be attributed to a strong team, persistence, and relentless commitment to a challenging mission or task at hand. The 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, flying C-17 Globemasters, contributed the lion's share of intra-theater airlift by flying more

  • Teamwork, skepticism lead to early finish for project

    The motivation to prove skeptics wrong and a strong foundation of teamwork set the stage for the recent completion of an important new ramp here. The $8.9 million construction project, begun in 2005, created a 270,000 square-foot concrete ramp to replace the corrugated "steel beach" that had

  • Reaper UAV now flying in Afghanistan

    The Air Force announced Oct. 11 that the MQ-9 Reaper, the service's new hunter-killer unmanned aerial vehicle, is now flying operational missions in Afghanistan. The Reaper has completed 12 missions since its inaugural flight there Sept. 25, averaging about one sortie per day. Capable of striking

  • CENTAF commander meets with Airmen in Afghanistan

    The commander of U.S. Central Command Air Forces visited with 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen here and at Kandahar Airfield Oct. 8. Lt. Gen. Gary North also used the visit to Afghanistan to view the newest addition to the Air Force's close-air-support inventory -- the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial

  • The 'So What' factor puts Oct. 10 airpower summary in perspective

    The Combined Air and Space Operations Center's airpower summary provides a daily account of the integration and synchronization of airpower. But some folks may ask, "So what? What does this summary really mean?" The "So What" factor for Oct. 10's airpower summary is that five dozen coalition

  • New JCS chairman visits Bagram

    The military's top servicemember visited here Oct. 7 to check on operations in Afghanistan and hear the concerns of military members. Adm. Michael G. Mullen, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanked servicemembers for their sacrifices during an All-Hands Call for E-6s and below. The

  • Airpower Summary for October 9 -- JTACs work with Coalition forces, jets

    Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations Oct. 9, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, a show of force was conducted by Air Force A-10

  • International Zone Police: Airmen patrol the streets of Baghdad

    Baghdad's International Zone is surrounded by a network of security checkpoints and entry control points aimed at keeping insurgents out of the area. However, law and order within the area rests solely in the hands of U.S. Airmen. Approximately 45 security forces Airmen from RAF Mildenhall, England;