</ Kickin’ it in Kirkuk by Senior Airman Nishant Roy50th Space Wing Security Forces Squadron2/20/2004 - KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Four months ago, Schriever Air Force Base deployed a nine-person team from the 50th Security Forces squadron to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. I am one of the nine. Our destination was Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, a city declared to be the second most important in Iraq by Gen. Tommy Franks, former commander of U.S. Central Command. In April of last year, the Army took over Kirkuk and it became a key strategic base for military planners. Security forces are playing an extremely...