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4/18/2007 - INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (AFNEWS) -- In just three days, forces from the United States, Turkey and Afghanistan worked together on a joint mission to transport more than 135,000 pounds of Turkish equipment and supplies from Incirlik Air Base to Kabul AB, Afghanistan.

The Turkish equipment was loaded onto an American C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 385th Air Expeditionary Group here.    » read more »

4/18/2007 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNEWS) -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations April 17, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

In Afghanistan, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles dropped guided bomb unit-38s on an enemy firing position behind a wall near Kajaki Dam. An on-scene joint terminal attack controller reported a direct hit and small arms fire ceased.    » read more »

4/18/2007 - HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AFNEWS) -- April has been the month for celebrating military children for 21 years, which recognizes the important sacrifices they make for the military family.

Month of the Military Child is a well-deserved accolade, said Kathy Hartwell, the Pacific Air Forces Services Family Member Programs branch chief.

"The purpose of that designation is to really spotlight the challenges and sacrifices that military children have to undergo as part of the military family," Ms. Hartwell said.    » read more »

4/18/2007 - DENVER (AFNEWS) -- More than 300 Individual Ready Reserve Airmen will participate in a Defense Department-required exercise in June, which conducts an end-to-end test of key mobilization processes and systems.

The Air Force will begin Exercise Push-Pull 2007 June 18 when officials will "push" about 320 IRR Airmen, or about 1 percent of the IRR, to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, for a five-day, active-duty tour.

From Lackland AFB, about 100 of these Airmen will be "pulled" to other locations and continue on active duty through June 29.    » read more »

4/18/2007 - ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNEWS) -- The Air Force Office of Scientific Research here announced in April plans to fund 10 awards totaling about $60 million over five years to 29 academic institutions to perform multidisciplinary basic research.

The award is the result of the fiscal 2007 competition AFOSR conducted under the Department of Defense Multi-disciplinary University Research Initiative, or MURI, program. This is a multi-agency Department of Defense program that supports research teams whose efforts intersect more than one traditional science and engineering disciplines.    » read more »

4/17/2007 - WASHINGTON (AFNEWS) -- A recent Defense Department policy change widens the eligibility window for some Reserve-component troops who want to use their Montgomery G.I. Bill education benefits, a senior DoD official said here April 17.    » read more »

4/17/2007 - HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (AFNEWS) -- An effort between the 350th Electronic Systems Group here and one of its small-business partners has yielded a big pay-off for U.S. and coalition forces waging the war on terrorism.

An Afghanistan-based fusion center they developed has helped officials seize more than 45 tons of narcotics and boosted the related arrest rate by 75 percent.    » read more »

4/17/2007 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNEWS) -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations April 16, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer provided a show of force, releasing multiple flares, for a coalition convoy receiving insurgent fire near Oruzgan. An on-scene joint terminal attack controller confirmed the small-arms fire stopped after the show of force.    » read more »

4/17/2007 - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFNEWS) -- With a command that stretches across 16 different time zones, Pacific Air Forces Commander General Paul V. Hester, is a fan of the work space professionals perform in the Pacific.

The general spoke to a crowd of military, civilian and industry space professionals during the last day of the 23rd National Space Symposium April 12, about how his command and Air Force Space Command work together.

"We look to space professionals to assist us in all of the coverage we need," he said. "Space enables air to do its business in the Pacific arena."    » read more »