Christmas Eve flight

Dec. 23 airpower summary: F-16 destroys enemy rocket site

Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 23, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan,A-10 Thunderbolt IIs engaged enemy combatants who were in

Holiday greetings

Army Pvt. Zachariah Harvey, an artilleryman deployed to Camp Taji, reads a holiday card Dec, 24 from members of Girl Scout Troop 47534 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Private Harvey, a native of Le Roy, Minn., was wounded by a gun shot north of Baghdad Dec. 23. He is recovering at the Air Force Theater

Dec. 22 airpower summary: F-15s support coalition forces

Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 22, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle deterred enemy activities

Get them rolling

Staff Sgt. Lee Samson checks and labels wires prior to disconnecting them from an aircraft tow vehicle Dec. 21 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The vehicle's fuse box needed to be replaced, requiring all the wires detached. Sergeant Samson is a 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle

Dec. 21 airpower summary: F-16s deter enemy activities

Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 21, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle performed a show of force

Families displaced by ice storm find home on Tinker

Three hours after being notified, Tinker Air Force Base leaders were providing emergency shelter for Air Force families left without heat and power, some with infants, following an ice storm Dec. 10 here. 72nd Medical Group first sergeant  Master Sgt. Lisa Sears obtained 30 unused dormitory keys to

Air Force provides Army burn flight team with training

Since Operation Iraqi Freedom began in March 2003, Army burn flight and Air Force critical care air transport teams have evacuated and treated hundreds of patients who've suffered burn and inhalation injuries primarily resulting from improvised explosive device detonations. In response, joint

Television holiday greetings available online

Too busy to sit in front of the television to catch a holiday greeting from a friend or family member stationed or deployed overseas? Don't worry, the video hellos are now available online. The holiday greetings program, videotaped and produced by the Army and Air Force Hometown News Service, is in

Comfort group takes care of servicemembers

Needles, thread, cookies and warm hearts surrounded two folding tables covered in fabric. Holiday carols, cheerful voices and the low whir of sewing machines filled the room. Several women sat chatting and sewing what some may consider "irregular" articles of clothing. Members of the Sew Much