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Compass Call mission reaches milestone

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman 1st Class Rashaud Johnson, a C-130 electronic counter measure specialist deployed with the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron drags an external power source from a maintenance cart to an EC-130H Compass Call aircraft while other aircrew and ground personnel accomplish other aspects of the post-flight inspection at an air base in the Persian Gulf Region March 18, 2008. Airman Johnson is deployed from the 755th AMXS, out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., supporting the Global War on Terror. (Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O’Connor)
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Compass Call mission reaches milestone

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Andrew Weber, an airborne maintenance technician deployed with the 43rd Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron, communicates with the crew inside the aircraft as Airman 1st Class Rashaud Johnson, a C-130 electronic counter measure specialist deployed with the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron connects an external power source to an EC-130H Compass Call aircraft for a post-flight inspection at an air base in the Persian Gulf Region March 18, 2008. Both Airmen are deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., supporting the Global War on Terror. (Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O’Connor)
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Compass Call mission reaches milestone

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman Cory Francis, a C-130 crewchief deployed with the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron tees-up the props on an EC-130H Compass Call aircraft for a post-flight inspection at an air base in the Persian Gulf Region March 18, 2008. Airman Francis is deployed from the 755th AMXS out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., supporting the Global War on Terror. (Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O’Connor)
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Compass Call mission reaches milestone

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman Cory Francis, a C-130 crewchief deployed with the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron attaches a hinge pin to a rod which holds open the main landing gear door on an EC-130H Compass Call aircraft at an air base in the Persian Gulf Region March 18, 2008. Airman Francis is deployed from the 755th AMXS, out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., and a part of his duties is to conduct post-flight inspections of aircraft supporting the Global War on Terror. (Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O’Connor)
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Compass Call mission reaches milestone

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Two Airmen and one civilian contractor from the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron pause for a group photo with a nine-person aircrew from the 43rd Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron following the completion of a mission on March 18, 2008 at an air base in the Persian Gulf Region. The flying unit’s historic 2,276th combat sortie came on the four-year anniversary of the 43rd EECS being consecutively deployed supporting the Global War on Terror. The aircrew and maintenance personnel are deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O’Connor)
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Compass Call mission reaches milestone

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman Cory Francis, a C-130 crewchief deployed with the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron gives the 'stop movement commmand' with his marshalling paddles to aircraft commander Capt. Tony Stibral and co-pilot 1st Lt. Corey Hogue returning from a mission March 18, 2008, as they back into their parking spot on the ramp of an air base in the Persian Gulf Region. The pilots and seven other crewmembers from the 43rd Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron on board completed the unit’s 2,276th combat sortie capping the Arizona-based unit’s fourth consecutive year deployed supporting the Global War on Terror. Airman Francis is deployed from the 755th AMXS, and the aircrew members from the 55th Electronic Combat Group out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. (Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O’Connor)
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Compass Call mission reaches milestone

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman Cory Francis, a C-130 crewchief deployed with the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron uses marshalling paddles to direct aircraft commander Capt. Tony Stibral and co-pilot 1st Lt. Corey Hogue returning from a mission March 18, 2008, to their parking spot on the ramp of an air base in the Persian Gulf Region. The pilots and seven other crewmembers from the 43rd Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron on board completed the unit’s 2,276th combat sortie capping the Arizona-based unit’s fourth consecutive year deployed supporting the Global War on Terror. Airman Francis is deployed from the 755th AMXS, and the aircrew members from the 55th Electronic Combat Group out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. (Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O’Connor)
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COMBAT TRUCKERS

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Endless lines of trucks assigned to the 586th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's 70th and 424th Medium Truck Detachments sit ready and loaded for a line hual mission out of an Army camp in the Persian Gulf Region. Air Force vehicle operators and vehicle mechanics have performed in-lieu-of taskings for their Army brethren since 2004 providing gun truck security duties to the line haul missions in and around Iraq today. More than 600 of these logistics readiness warriors deploy annually to this dangerous and deadly combat mission in which countless Airmen have been killed and wounded in action by small arms fire, improvised explosive device attacks, and more. (Air Force courtesy photo)
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DIRMOBFOR visits Airmen

Brig. Gen. Thomas Haynes, U.S. Air Forces Central director of mobility forces, shakes hands with Master Sgt Henry Augustine, deployed from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., while Tech. Sgt. Michael Edie, deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan, stands in the background during his March 8, 2008, visit to an air base in the Persian Gulf Region. The general visited the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing to see first-hand how Airmen support the deployed airlift mission.
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DIRMOBFOR visits Airmen

Brig. Gen. Thomas Haynes, U.S. Air Forces Central director of mobility forces, discusses deployed air mobility operations with Airmen during his visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing March 8, 2008, at an air base in the Persian Gulf region. The general visited the base to see first-hand how Airmen support the deployed airlift mission.
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Airmen aid coalition ground forces

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- First Lt. Brock Burkhardt, Staff Sgt. John Columbia, and Senior Airman Fred Koch, loadmasters with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, work on pulling in the cords attached to the static line of a C-130 Hercules following the air drop of 300,000 leaflets over an Iraqi province recently. The mission is part of leaflet air drop mission supporting the Australians from Overwatch Battle Group [West]-4 in southern Iraq. All three Airmen are deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Col. Gary Goldstone)
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Airmen aid coalition ground forces

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. John Columbia (far left) and Senior Airman Fred Koch, loadmasters with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, work on pulling in the cords attached to the static line of a C-130 Hercules following the air drop of 300,000 leaflets over an Iraqi province recently. The mission is part of leaflet air drop mission supporting the Australians from Overwatch Battle Group [West]-4 in southern Iraq. Sergeant Columbia and Airman Koch are deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Brock Burkhardt)
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Airmen aid coalition ground forces

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. John Columbia, a loadmaster with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, pushes out a container full of leaflets through the troop passenger door of a C-130 Hercules while flying over an Iraqi province recently. The mission is part of leaflet air drop mission supporting the Australians from Overwatch Battle Group [West]-4 in southern Iraq. Sergeant Columbia is deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Brock Burkhardt)
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Airmen aid coalition ground forces

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. John Columbia, a loadmaster with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, sits in the ready position at a troop passenger door of a C-130 Hercules during a recent mission over an Iraqi province. Sergeant Columbia sits ready to manually dispense chaff/flare if primary means do not function automatically when fired upon. The mission is part of leaflet air drop mission supporting the Australians from Overwatch Battle Group [West]-4 in southern Iraq. Sergeant Columbia is deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Brock Burkhardt)
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Airmen aid coalition ground forces

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. John Columbia, a loadmaster with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, takes a birds-eye view of Iraq out the troop passenger door of a C-130 Hercules recently. The mission is part of leaflet air drop mission supporting the Australians from Overwatch Battle Group [West]-4 in southern Iraq. Sergeant Columbia is deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Brock Burkhardt)
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Airmen aid coalition ground forces

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Fred Koch, a loadmaster with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, takes a birds-eye view of Iraq out the cargo bay of a C-130 Hercules recently. The mission is part of leaflet air drop mission supporting the Australians from Overwatch Battle Group [West]-4 in southern Iraq. Airman Koch is deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Brock Burkhardt)
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Airmen aid coalition ground forces

ALI BASE, Iraq - Lieutenant Col. Eric Mayheu, a C-130 pilot from the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, gives a pre-mission brief to aircrew members and walks-thru the pending leaflet air drop sequence of events recently. The leaflets were dropped over southern Iraq in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Miguel Espinoza)
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Airmen aid coalition ground forces

ALI BASE, Iraq - Staff Sgt. John Columbia, a C-130 loadmaster from the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Master Sgt. John Zimmer, 1st/82nd Airborne and two Australian soldiers load a pallet of leaflets on-board an Air Force C-130 from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing for a recent air drop. The leaflets were dropped over southern Iraq in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Miguel Espinoza)
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Airmen aid coalition ground forces

ALI BASE, Iraq -- A loaded pallet of leaflets sits on-board an Air Force C-130 Hercules from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing after being loaded for a recent air drop mission. The leaflets were dropped over southern Iraq for an Operation Iraqi Freedom ground operation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Miguel Espinoza)
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Airmen aid coalition ground forces

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman 1st Class Buddy Bewick, 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron salutes the aircraft commander of a C-130 Hercules at a Southwest Asia air base recently. The mission is part of leaflet air drop mission supporting the Australians from Overwatch Battle Group [West]-4 in southern Iraq. Airman Bewick is deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O’Connor)
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