Air Force medics have taken over from Army medical personnel to support the Radwaniya Civil Military Operations Center, which serves Iraqis living to the south and west of Baghdad. Members of the 447th Expeditionary Medical Squadron, Sather AB, Iraq, began assisting the Army in November. Soldiers of the 48th Brigade Combat Team and Charlie Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, refurbished an existing building to create the clinic, which sees about 30 patients a day on the three days it is open.
The Air Force displayed all the firepower it has amassed on Okinawa in an unusually diverse show of force this week. IIn a May 6 “Elephant Walk,” Kadena Air Base showcased 24 F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters, eight F-15E Strike Eagles; two U.S. Army Patriot anti-missile batteries near the runway; and…