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RUSH: We have a call from Iraq from Tallil Air Force Base. Lieutenant Colonel Luke Fitzpatrick somehow got through. Lieutenant Colonel, this is an honor to have you on the phone with us while you're in Iraq -- at any time, actually. Thank you for calling. CALLER: Good afternoon, I believe it is your time, Rush, and major dittos here from the sandbox. RUSH: Well, thank you, sir. I appreciate that. CALLER: I wanted to let you know that you and your cohort, Mr. Hannity, are the only two that I allow to get broadcast across our ready room. The...

TALLIL, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2005 — With a major neighborhood electrical refurbishment project getting underway in the city of Najaf, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South District has earmarked most of the money for distribution projects, which means a voltage level from 33 kilovolts down to the levels used by houses and small shops. “The plants aren’t operating at full capacity for one reason or another. The plants are old and haven’t been well maintained over the years for example. This power shortage causes the three hours on/ three hours off of electricity that Iraq experiences...

The earlier thread about the October Surprise "Mutiny" hit piece on this mornings Today show prompted me to do some Googling to try to see if there were any connections of note.  I felt that even the little evidence I found warranted a quick heads up and (forgive me) a separate thread as a call to action.  I have no particular standing to do this, but this concerned me enough to fire off a flare.It looks like the extreme left is orchestrating an October Surprise propaganda campaign against the war in Iraq and President Bush by staging a "mutiny" of...

  Airmen help save lives following UH-60 crash at Tallilby Master Sgt. Don Perrien 407th Air Expeditionary Group Public Affairs 9/27/2004 - TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN)  -- Just after 9:20 p.m. Sept. 21, two Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters took off from the flightline here. Two minutes later, something went horribly wrong with one of them. “The first thing I heard was a loud, dull thud, kind of like a fist hitting a wooden wall,” said Senior Airman John Byrum, a firefighter assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. “I looked out toward the flightline, and I saw the helicopter bounce...

Navina Prasad had to deal with death and destruction long before his Fort Benning unit was shipped to Iraq last year. The 28-year-old Army specialist, a member of the 63rd Engineer Co., a heavy equipment construction outfit, spent the early months of Operation Iraqi Freedom at the Talil Airport. One of the war's earliest battles took place at An Nasiriyah, just outside Talil, as soldiers from the 3rd Brigade stormed their way toward Baghdad. Prasad, though, wasn't actively involved in the fighting. "It was all construction work," he said. "Hot construction work." But clinging like dust to his desert BDUs...

U.S. AIR FORCE Two of Four Quads Experience Life in Iraq By Master Sgt. Debbie Aragon 407th Air Expeditionary Group Public Affairs TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq, July 30, 2004 — One is the older, “more mature” sister, freely giving advice and guiding her younger sibling -- even if she is only senior by about two minutes. The sisters, two of a set of quadruplets born to Joanne and Reginald L. Brown Sr., are deployed here together from their home units at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Airman 1st Class Lattrice Goldsby, a fire protection journeyman with the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer...

DefendAmerica News - Profile Article Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Lawrence Bakula (left) and his son, Army Pfc. James Bakula, reunite at Tallil Air Base, Iraq, briefly. Sergeant Bakula is the superintendent of the command post, and Private Bakula is deployed with the 66th Transportation Company. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Susan A. Romano TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq — One joined during the height of the Cold War. The other joined long after the Berlin Wall crumbled. One wears dress blues, the other, greens. One has more than 25 years of service, while the other – just barely eight...

Predators move to Balad BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Jeffery Hicks replaces a directional antenna mounting unit on an RQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle before it begins a mission supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Hicks is a crew chief with the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. C.E. Lewis) Download HiRes • RQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle by Staff Sgt. A.C. Eggman332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs 3/2/2004 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- The unit came packed and ready to position themselves autonomously, so they could pursue their prey quietly, unseen for hours. Arriving...

Tick Tock at Tallil Printable VersionAs the first forward-deployed air base established in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, day-to-day life changes at Tallil Air Base, Iraq, like the shifting sands. Located 180  miles south of Baghdad, there’s adrenaline-pumping excitement sandwiched between days of boredom. The war, although not as intense as it once was, brings with it a sense of purpose and pride.by Tech. Sgt. Orville F. Desjarlais Jr.photos by Master Sgt. Lance CheungPre-dawn: Before the desert sun generates heat levels capable of exploding an aerosol can inside a car where internal temperatures can skyrocket to 150 degrees, members...

Cargo, pax all in a day’s work by Tech. Sgt. Bob Oldham332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs1/15/2004 - TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Air Force and coalition forces are working together to keep cargo and passengers moving through the aerial port here. Airmen from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and Lackland AFB, Texas, have teamed with members of the Estonian military to move more than 4,000 passengers and 880 tons of cargo on more than 500 monthly aircraft missions. The aircraft parking ramp is a hub of activity here 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as about 20 cargo aircraft...

12/17/2003 - TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Airmen here have found a way to become involved with the local Iraqi community through a joint operation with the Army. As airmen leave the base after their tours of duty, many dispose of their civilian clothes. Officials here decided to collect the discarded clothes, clean them and give them to orphanages, schools and local families. “There’s a lot of life left in those clothes,” said Chaplain (Maj.) Michael Warner, the base’s chaplain from Kadena Air Base, Japan. He is the wing’s focal point for the program, Project Good Will. “Our people...

Tallil airmen donate clothes to Iraqis by Tech. Sgt. Bob Oldham332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs 12/17/2003 - TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Airmen here have found a way to become involved with the local Iraqi community through a joint operation with the Army. As airmen leave the base after their tours of duty, many dispose of their civilian clothes. Officials here decided to collect the discarded clothes, clean them and give them to orphanages, schools and local families. “There’s a lot of life left in those clothes,” said Chaplain (Maj.) Michael Warner, the base’s chaplain from Kadena Air Base, Japan. He...

  Airmen keep water flowing at Tallilby Tech. Sgt. Bob Oldham332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs 12/12/2003 - TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- When airmen here turn on a water faucet to brush their teeth or take a shower, they may not think about where the water comes from. But it takes six airmen working 12-hour shifts to keep the water flowing here around the clock. The pressure on them to keep water on tap is high because running potable water is vital to operations here, officials said. “The water production plant (here) is what makes this bare base into a sustaining...

Military dogs help defend Iraq by Tech. Sgt. Bob Oldham 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs 11/28/2003 - TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Hiding behind mounds of dirt or anything else his handler could find, Tino sat and waited for an intruder to breach the base’s fence on his random listening and observation post. Suddenly, the military working dog’s ears, eyes and nose zeroed in on two men as they entered the base’s perimeter. As the men closed in, Tino stood up, fluffing up his hair and tail to make his presence known. “You could hear them stop breathing (when they saw Tino),”...

Troops deliver child in Tallil tent city TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Army Maj. (Dr.) Elizabeth Shanley (right) spends time with the Alrikabi family (left to right) Moslem, Al'aa, Rafah and baby Malach. Shanley, a physician with the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group, delivered Malach, the first child born here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung) View Larger Download HiRes by Master Sgt. Don Perrien332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs10/31/2003 - TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- The cluster of tents in the corner of tent city here that make up the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group was bustling with unusual activity...

  EOD eliminates ‘explosive’ problems TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq-- Tech. Sgt. David Featherstun lines up Soviet, O-832 DU, 82 mm, high-explosive filled mortars for demolition. Featherstun is part of the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's explosive ordnance disposal flight here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karolina Gmyrek) View Larger Download HiRes by Airman 1st Class Kara Philp332 Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs10/24/2003 - TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Some might call a bomb squad living in a bunker ironic; the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron’s explosive ordnance disposal flight airmen here call it practical. The EOD airmen are on alert...

  Desert Hawk helps protect Tallil     TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Joseph Vialpando (left) and Staff Sgt. Michael Roth prepare the Desert Hawk aircraft for flight. The lightweight aircraft is part of the Force Protection Airborne Surveillance System used here to look over the horizon for terrorist activities. Vialpando and Roth are part of the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Don Perrien) View Larger Download HiRes by Master Sgt. Don Perrien332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs10/24/2003 - TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Not every unmanned aerial vehicle in the sky here...

Life Gets Better For Soldiers in Southern Iraq By U.S. Army Spc. Petersi Liu Public Affairs Office CAMP CEDAR II, Iraq – Life has gotten way better for service men and women serving here in southern Iraq.It really began in June and has constantly improved as a dry, plain landscape has been transformed into a vibrant tent city on a mile stretch of Iraqi desert approximately six miles from Ur, the biblical birthplace of Abraham.The camp is home to, among others, the 260th Quartermaster Battalion, an active duty unit from Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., and Reserve units the 394th...

Tallil’s Predators on patrol in Iraq TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- A 64th Expeditionary Reconniassance Squadron airman guides a Predator unmanned aerial vehicle into its hangar here following a mission. The Predators roam the skies of Iraq providing real-time information to commanders around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Grande) by 1st Lt. Daniel DuBois332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs 9/2/2003 - TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Information. Today, it may be the world’s hottest commodity. It is often the key to success in all walks of life: sports, business and definitely, in the military. The MQ/RQ-1 Predator...

Coalition forces (Dutch/Italian) provide airfield security at Tal lil Air Base, IraqStory and photo by Staff Sgt. Ward GrosTroops from the 28 countries that have committed forces to support the International Coalition in Iraq have begun assuming more and more duties. Dutch and Italian forces at Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq who are providing internal airfield security together. The Dutch conduct roving patrols while the Italians man checkpoints and provide a quick reaction force for the airfield. “Although we have different responsibilities, our area of responsibility is the same,” said Italian Master Sgt. Gianni Pitzalis who works force...