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New MH-53M helicopter exhibit opens at AF museum |
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Written by davidtkl
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Saturday, 12 July 2008 |
7/11/2008 - DAYTON, Ohio (AFPN) -- Several
high ranking officials from Air Force Special Operations Command,
industry and the community recently joined personnel from the National
Museum of the U.S. Air Force for the official opening of the museum's
new MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter exhibit.
Air Force special operations forces used the Sikorsky MH-53M to
covertly enter enemy territory. Capable of operating at day or night or
in bad weather, these helicopters conducted long-range, low-level
missions to insert, extract, and resupply special operations forces.
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1,215 servicemembers re-up in Iraq |
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Written by davidtkl
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Tuesday, 08 July 2008 |
Servicemembers from all over Iraq gathered in the Al Faw Palace rotunda
at Camp Victory, Baghdad, to reenlist and celebrate Independence Day.
All 1,215 servicemembers celebrated by raising their right hands and
pledging to continue defending the "land of the free" in what is the
largest reenlistment ceremony since the all-volunteer force began in
1973 according to Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin L. Hill, command sergeant
major, Multi-National Forces - Iraq.
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Veterans honor Berlin Airlift's 60th anniversary |
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Written by davidtkl
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 |
6/27/2008 - BERLIN (AFPN) -- American, British and French veterans have returned to Germany to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift.
Dr. Helmut Trotnow, the curator of the Allied Museum in Berlin,
attributed part of the dissolution of the Soviet blockade to the U.S.
armed forces involved in the airlift.
"This is not just an aspect of history in the books, but it's flesh and
blood human beings," he said. "They had feelings. They had hopes. They
had thoughts. They had ideas, and you know if they hadn't had stuck to
their ideas of freedom and democracy, the Berlin Airlift might not have
been a success."
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FCS capability accelerated for infantry |
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Written by davidtkl
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 |
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jun. 26, 2008) -- Soldiers in Infantry
Brigade Combat Teams now get the first crack at Future Combat System
technology, Army officials said during a news conference at the
Pentagon June 26.
That capability, initially meant to be delivered first to Heavy Brigade
Combat teams, will now be delivered to IBCTs by fiscal year 2011 --
three years earlier than previously planned.
The changes come after Army studies showed it was infantry units who
were highest in demand in Afghanistan and Iraq, and infantry units with
the most capability requests.
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Ramstein C-130s participate in NATO airdrop demonstration |
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Written by davidtkl
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Saturday, 21 June 2008 |
6/19/2008 - RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFPN) -- Two
C-130 Hercules aircraft from Ramstein Air Base recently participated in
a NATO-sponsored Precision Airdrop Capabilities demonstration at the
Centre d'Essais Lancement de Missiles at Biscarrosee and at Cazaux Air
Base, France.
"Over three days we conducted four to six drops a day with different
GPS computers," said Capt. Bryant Jarrell, a 37th Airlift Squadron
pilot aboard the JPADS flights.
"It was a unique experience to drop cargo at a high altitude (ranging 6,000 to 10,000 feet above ground)," he said.
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