Feb. 18, 2009 ROCK SOLID WARRIOR Tech. Sgt. Anthony Wallis Job: S-5/Training, Safety, Deployment and Facility Manager Home unit/base: 81st Logistics Readiness Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. How do you support the mission here? I am responsible for detachment training and management of mobility, training and medical records
Feb. 17, 2009 AFCENT command chaplain visits 386th AEW Chaplain (Col.) Wilfred Bristol, U.S. Air Forces Central command chaplain, made a pastoral visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing this week and was the guest speaker at the wing's National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 17. Chaplain Bristol took the opportunity to visit geographically separated chaplain
Feb. 17, 2009 43rd EECS passes 20,000 combat hours The 43rd Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron clocked their 20,000th combat flight hour early Feb. 17 after almost five years of continuous deployment. The 43rd EECS and the EC-130 Compass Calls they fly provide communications jamming support to U.S. and Coalition ground forces in Iraq. "The
Feb. 12, 2009 ROCK SOLID WARRIOR Senior Airman Joshua Hoshauer Job: Operations Intelligence Analyst Home unit/base: 421st Combat Training Squadron, Fort Dix, N.J.How do you support the mission here? I provide intelligence support for Force Protection operations both internal and external to Ali Al-Salem AB. How many times have you
Feb. 10, 2009 JASDF Redeployment Group bids final farewell The last of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force Redeployment Group members lowered their colors for the last time before departing for Japan February 10, bringing an end to the final chapter of the JASDF's Iraq Reconstruction Support Airlift Wing mission after almost five years. More than a hundred
Feb. 9, 2009 AFMC commander visits Southwest Asia Gen. Donald Hoffman, Air Force Materiel Command commander, visited the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Feb. 9 as part of a multi-base tour of bases in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The trip is the general's first to the AOR since taking command of AFMC in November. "I'm here to
Feb. 8, 2009 ROCK SOLID WARRIOR Senior Airman Zane R. Coss Job: Force Protection Controller Home Station/Unit: 374th Communications Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan. Camp Yuasa DetachmentHow do you support the mission here? As a force protection controller, I am responsible for the coordination and facilitating of all force