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  • Coalition launches 'Operation Odyssey Dawn'

    Coalition forces launched "Operation Odyssey Dawn" March 19 to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 to protect the Libyan people from the country's ruler.The goal of the military coalition is to prevent further attacks by regime forces on Libyan citizens, officials said, adding that the

  • U.S. Air Force aircraft strike Libya

    U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirits, F-15E Strike Eagles and F-16CJ Fighting Falcons launched during the early hours in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, which is centered on protecting Libyan citizens from any further harm from Libyan leader Muammar

  • Personnel recovery task force rescues aircrew in exercise

    A group of Air Force pararescuemen and an Army site security team conducted a rescue mission for survivors of an aircraft crash near Djibouti Feb. 26. The disaster was part of an exercise scenario, but the response was anything but simulated.Complete with actors representing local nationals, this

  • Incirlik Airmen strengthen partnership with local doctors

    Airmen at the 39th Medical Group here held an open house for their Turkish counterparts from two local hospitals March 10, to build stronger partnerships between the organizations, 39th Medical Group officials said.More than 30 doctors, nurses, general managers, and administrators from the Birlesik

  • Lajes supports first package of A-10s going downrange

    A coronet package of A-10 Thunderbolts transited Lajes Field, Azores, on their way downrange March 8. The aircraft were here to refuel while their crewmembers bedded down. There were more than 15 members, consisting of an aircrew and maintenance team. The last set of the team departed Lajes for

  • NATO, USAFE host international flight surgeons

    NATO Allied Air Component Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe hosted more than 200 military international medical personnel here March 14-18 as part of the 2011 European Flight Surgeons Conference and NATO Research and Technology Organization Short Course.Flight surgeons, public health officers,

  • USAREUR surveying service members on housing expenses

    U.S. military personnel stationed in Germany who want to participate in the 2011 Overseas Housing Allowance Utility/recurring Maintenance Survey must provide information about their expenses by April 30.The Department of Defense will use data from the survey, which began March 1, to determine the