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CAMP TAJI – More than 3,000 U.S. Soldiers here took advantage of a new program offering fixed-wing flights off this Camp, Jan. 27, significantly decreasing their travel time back home to the States. Traditionally, Soldiers are transported via helicopter to Joint Base Balad or Baghdad International Airport before they departed to Ali Al Salim Air Base in Kuwait, said Staff Sgt. Rufus Brumfield, senior enlisted adviser with the 384th Movement Control Team, 49th Transportation Battalion (Movement Control), 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary). "We are able to move numerous [passengers] straight from here and they don't have to stop...

Preparations are well under way for the Valley's premier aviation event - the Edwards Air Force Base Open House and Air Show. The free two-day event is set for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28 and 29, at the base that has been home to flight testing nearly every aircraft in the Air Force inventory - past, present and future. That heritage is reflected in the event's theme - "The Edwards' Edge: Making History, Reaching New Heights." This year's festivities also will honor the 60th anniversary of the Air Force, one of the first official events to do so. Headlining the...

060516-F-9712C-956, Over the Atlantic Ocean, 16 May 2006: The USAF C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, USA flies off after releasing flares over the Atlantic Ocean near Charleston, South Carolina during a training mission on Tuesday, 16 May 2006. The resulting "smoke angel" -- suspended in the sky -- is impressive. Photographer Tech. Sgt. Russell E. Cooley IV, United States Air Force, http://www.af.mil Photo and Caption Linkshttp://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060516-F-9712C-956.JPGhttp://www.af.mil/weekinphotos/060526-03.html and http://www.af.mil/weekinphotos/wipgallery.asp?week=169 Relatedhttp://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/f-news/1241860/postshttp://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562989/postshttp://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20051111.htmhttp://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1118641/postshttp://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=86http://www.Boeing.com/defense-space/military/c17/index.htmhttp://GalleryOfFluidMechanics.com/vortex/v_lift.htm

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