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  • ANSF, Coalition forces provide medical assistance to more than 1,000 Afghans

    Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces conducted a Medical Civil Action Program in Qalat District, Zabul province, August 24-25. Coalition forces medical personnel treated 728 children, 373 women and 89 men during the two-day program for various ailments ranging from stomach pains to

  • ANSF, Coalition forces disrupt militant operations in Helmand province

    Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces killed several militants during a combat patrol in Sangin District, Helmand province, Monday. ANSF and Coalition forces spotted a large number of heavily armed militants gathering in small groups and preparing to attack the soldiers. The troops

  • Bridging the Gaps on Highway 1

    Members of the Australian Reconstruction Task Force and Task Force Castle's 420th Engineer Brigade completed the emplacement of two Mabey Johnson bridges near Andar and Moqur in eastern Afghanistan. Insurgent attacks during the summer left the bridges in each location impassible to both civilian and

  • ANSF stop suicide attack

    Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces averted a suicide bomber from harming Afghan civilians in the Tarin Kowt District, Oruzgan province Saturday. ANSF spotted the suicide bomber behaving suspiciously in the alleyways near a bazaar in the city of Tarin Kowt. The ANSF and Coalition

  • AFPC expertise raises manning for 31 critical skills career fields

    Thirty-one critical skills career fields received a boost in manning recently when 1,888 volunteers were accepted for retraining. This number included 315 exception-to-policy Airmen who were contacted for the first time and approved by personnel experts at the Air Force Personnel Center here.

  • Iraq, Afghanistan airdrops reach all-time high

    Resupplying U.S. and coalition forces on the ground is a critical logistical component of combat operations. Seven months into 2008, the Air Force has already supplied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan with more than 8.5 million pounds of goods. This surpasses the 2007 total and reaches an all-time

  • Air Force rescue teams enhance Army medical evacuation mission

    Likened to a Swiss Army knife due to their versatility on the battlefield, Airmen of the 305th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron here with their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters have been carrying out their mission with life-saving success. Since March, rescue crews have performed medical evacuations for

  • Panjshir Breaks Ground for Bakshikhiel Bridge

    It was only a small group who came to the groundbreaking of the new $179,000 Bakshikhiel Bridge in Rokha District, Panjshir on Aug 24, but it was the biggest celebration. The importance of this new bridge is not lost on the local villagers. On June 27, 2007, a flash flood ravaged parts of the Rokha

  • Militant operations disrupted in Paktika province

    Two militants were detained during a Coalition forces' operation to disrupt militant activities in Paktika province, Monday. Coalition forces searched a compound in Orgun District targeting a militant facilitating foreign fighter movements into the Pir Kowti Valley. These foreign fighters are

  • Coalition helicopter makes precautionary landing

    A Coalition helicopter made a precautionary landing in the Sabari District, Khowst province earlier today. The helicopter was preparing to attack an enemy mortar site near the Sabari District Center when a tail rotor blade struck the ground. The pilot successfully landed the aircraft with no