Responsibility for keeping 30,000 people safe in Baghdad’s international zone is in the hands of some 45 security forces airmen, reports SSgt. Markus Maier. Deployed from Grand Forks AFB, N.D., Lackland AFB, Tex., RAF Mildenhall, England, and Ramstein AFB, Germany, the airmen comprise Det. 4 of the 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. The airmen are the first responders in the event of an attack, and they tend to the injured as well as secure the scene. When not dealing with emergencies, they are on patrol checking identification badges, searching for security breaches, and setting up traffic control points.
As the Air Force readied for its June 21-22 strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the service was also putting its Agile Combat Employment strategy into action, dispersing combat aircraft and Airmen from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in preparation for a possible Iranian retaliatory attack. Some defense experts say…
