Senate confirms Donley to be next secretary of Air Force

Michael B. Donley will be the next secretary of the Air Force based on an Oct. 2 Senate confirmation vote here. Secretary Donley had been designated by the president to begin serving as acting secretary on June 21, 2008. The former director of administration and management for the Defense

Coalition Forces target Taliban, militant networks in eastern Afghanistan

Coalition forces killed five militants during two operations targeting al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorist networks in eastern Afghanistan, Friday. Coalition forces targeted a Taliban sub-commander in Andar district who is known to plan and coordinate improvised explosive device attacks in Ghazni

Militant attack kills one civilian, wounds four

One civilian was killed and four others wounded in the village of Matin in Pech District, Konar province this morning when militants attacked an Afghan National Army patrol and Coalition forces. Militants engaged the joint forces with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Not only did they

PRT strives to build relationships in remote village

A 40-person team of Airmen, Sailors and Soldiers from the Kapisa and Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team recently traveled to a remote village to provide medical services. After traversing a rugged, hand-hewn mountain roads barely wide enough for a Humvee, the team of security and medical experts

Airmen leading the way

DOD officials move toward civilian expeditionary capability

Defense Department officials are moving forward with setting up a global expeditionary force for civilian employees, a senior Pentagon personnel official said Sept. 30. Patricia Bradshaw, deputy undersecretary of defense for civilian personnel policy, said operations in Iraq and Afghanistan pointed

Haqqani network targeted in Khowst, sub-commander detained

Coalition forces detained four suspected militants during an operation targeting the Haqqani terrorist network in Khowst province, yesterday. The operation targeted a known foreign fighter facilitator in Sabari District, believed to coordinate and direct militant activities against locals, the

Militant activities disrupted in Zabul province

Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces killed three militants in Arghandab District, Zabul province Sept. 30. ANSF and Coalition forces were conducting a patrol in a densely vegetated area when they were engaged by militants using small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire from a

Humanitarian assistance provided to villagers in Oruzgan province

Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces distributed humanitarian assistance items to Afghan families in Deh Rawod District, Oruzgan province Sept. 29. ANSF, with assistance from Coalition forces, distributed hundreds of food items including rice, beans, flour, tea and oil. The families

Air Force Pave Hawks integrate with Army Apaches for mission enhancement

With the military becoming an increasingly joint environment, a group of Airmen and Soldiers here took integration one step further with rotary wing aviation operations in Afghanistan. While the Army AH-64 Apache and Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk have flown medical evacuation missions together for some