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The aircrew of a C-130H transport carrying 34 passengers over Iraq on June 9 was able to land the aircraft safely despite a severe hydraulic leak that left some of its critical systems inoperable, officials at Joint Base Balad announced...

Officials at JB McGuire, N.J., on June 11 inactivated the 816th Contingency Response Group. This unit was a component of McGuire’s 621st Contingency Response Wing. Like other CRGs, it was responsible for tasks such as opening expeditionary air bases. The...

The 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, a KC-135 tanker unit operating from an air base in Southwest Asia, is currently the only unit refueling US military aircraft over Iraq. Further, it conducts about half of all aerial refuelings over Afghanistan....

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, headquartered in Colorado, announced Tuesday that it plans to conduct a cooperative air defense exercise with the Russian air force in early August. The focus of the joint exercise will be on combating terrorism....

Members of the 19th Fighter Squadron at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, in recent days took possession of the 2009 Raytheon Trophy that recognizes the Air Force’s best air-to-air fighter squadron. This is the second time since 2000 that the F-15 unit...

SrA. Joshua Labott, an explosive ordinance disposal technician with the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron at Shaw AFB, S.C., has received a Bronze Star with Valor medal for his actions in Afghanistan. On Jan. 19, an improvised explosive device went off...

Soldiers of the Afghan National Army Air Force (ANAAF) earlier this month conducted their first-ever, operational heavy-equipment airlift mission. During the June 8 flight, one of the ANAAF’s C-27A transports carried a tug truck from Kabul to Heart. The Afghans...

Air Force technicians have restored most functions to the computer system responsible for much of the service’s distance education, Air University officials at Maxwell AFB, Ala., announced Tuesday. In mid-May, the computer system known as the course development, student administration/registrar...

The remains of four airmen missing in action since the Vietnam War have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors, the Defense Department announced Monday. They are: Capt. Peter H. Chapman, II, Centerburg, Ohio;...

Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, June 1-4, 2010 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 98 214 312 9,980 CAS/Armed Recon 86 331 417 14,597 Airlift 728 728 26,623 Air refueling 209 209 6,852 Rescue 123 123 2,808 Total...

More than 250 airmen, soldiers, and marines are preparing to take part in New Horizons Panama 2010, a US Southern Command-sponsored exercise starting June 21 and running through mid-September. New Horizons is an annual event designed to strengthen ties with...