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  • CENTAF releases airpower summary for Aug. 11

    U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Aug. 11. In Afghanistan Aug. 10, an Air Force B-1 Lancer and Royal Air Force GR-7s provided close-air support for coalition troops taking small arms fire from Taliban extremists near Oruzgan. The B-1B expended guided

  • CENTAF releases airpower summary for Aug. 10

    U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Aug. 10. In Afghanistan Aug. 9, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and a B-1 Lancer provided close-air support for coalition troops taking sniper fire from Taliban extremists' near Musah Qal'eh. The A-10s conducted passes

  • CENTAF releases airpower summary for Aug. 8

    U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Aug. 8. In Afghanistan Aug. 7, an Air Force B-1 Lancer provided close-air support for coalition troops taking small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire from Taliban extremists near Oruzgan. The B-1 expended Guided

  • AF medic discovers more about himself during PRT mission

    When a suicide bomber slammed and ignited his missile-laden vehicle into the Humvee in front of Staff Sgt. Eric Mathiasen, the Air Force medic exploded into action. He didn't think about his wife or two children, or that there were unexploded ordnance laying about, he just grabbed his medical bag

  • CENTAF releases airpower summaries for Aug. 6-7

    U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summaries for Aug. 6 and 7. In Afghanistan Aug. 6, an Air Force B-1 Lancer provided close-air support for coalition troops in contact with Taliban extremists near Musah Qal'eh. The B-1B expended a Guided Bomb Unit-38 on the

  • CENTAF releases Aug. 5 air and space power summary

    U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Aug. 5. In Afghanistan on Aug. 4, an Air Force B-1B Lancer provided close-air support for coalition troops taking small arms fire from Taliban extremists in the vicinity of Orgun-E. The B-1B expended Guided Bomb