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  • Course trains Air Force intelligence analysts in ground combat operations

    Air Force intelligence analysts have been trained to focus on air threats since they first entered the service. There's now a need for them to be trained to provide support for world-wide ground combat and force protection operations. The Air Force Force Protection Intelligence Formal Training Unit

  • Six years into Operation Iraqi Freedom, prospects improve for Iraqi people

    Prospects for the Iraqi people "get better every day," with the Iraqis now solving their problems "politically, and not with guns," Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said March 18 as Operation Iraqi Freedom marks its sixth anniversary. "That's a much different kind of life," Secretary Gates said,

  • Troops in Iraq after 2010 to focus on training

    The U.S. military will conduct "a very different mission" in Iraq after combat troops withdraw in August 2010, with troops slated to remain there through 2011 serving primarily as trainers and advisers, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said March 1 on CNBC's "Meet the Press." Secretary Gates said

  • Coalition jets shoot down Iranian drone over Iraq

    Coalition jet fighters shot down an Iranian drone that was hovering over Iraq late last month, Multinational Force Iraq officials confirmed March 16. The incident occurred Feb. 25, about 60 miles northeast of Baghdad, officials said in a statement. Two coalition aircraft were directed to visually

  • Eagles earn wins in Air Force Media Contest

    Two Airmen from the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center won placings in the Air Force Media Contest when results were announced on March 12.Following were the winners:Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol, NCO in charge of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center Public Affairs Office, won third place for Air

  • CSAF signs official charter for Expeditionary Center

    The official charter for the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center was signed by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz on March 3 giving the center its "mandate to operate." The charter outlines how the Air Force must provide expeditionary combat support, or ECS, capabilities to combatant

  • Defense Travel System expands, earns greater customer approval

    The Defense Travel System has expanded its reach and gained ground in customer satisfaction, the director of the Defense Travel Management Office told a congressional panel yesterday. "In terms of improvements, the department has focused its efforts on expanding DTS usage, making DTS more user

  • Military officials in Iraq announce force reduction

    Two Army brigades leaving Iraq in the next six months won't be replaced, Multinational Force Iraq officials announced today. Associated enabling forces -- such as logistics, engineers and intelligence soldiers -- will leave along with the brigades, and an Air Force F-16 squadron that recently