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BAGHDAD — For more than 15 years, Baghdad International Airport has been virtually inactive. After years of trafficking very limited aircraft to and from the airport, Coalition Forces set out to change the way the world sees Baghdad by placing it back in the business race one project at a time. Army Lt. Col. Jack Pflaumer, BIAP reconstruction deputy director, 358th Civil Affairs Brigade, has seen a lot of progress since efforts began in 2005. With the grand opening of a business center and plans to build a new office tower, hotel and two convention centers, the Langhorn, Pa., native...

Lawmaker Accuses White House of Stripping Aid to Rural Airports By Lara Jakes Jordan Associated Press Writer/Feb.10,'04 WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 100 small airports nationwide are facing federal budget cuts that could ground commuter flights and strip rural communities of a crucial connection to airline hubs. The White House budget for the 2005 fiscal year would eliminate aid to 23 airports, and force 82 more to pay part of the costs to continue commuter flights to hub airports. Without the funding, many of the small airports would have to eliminate commuter air service, Rep. John Peterson, R-Pa., said Tuesday....