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An-Nahar
February 19, 2018
This photo shows an Iraqi army soldier standing guard near a U.S.- made Iraqi Air Force F-16 fighter jet at the Balad Air Base, 45 miles (75 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Feb. 13, 2018. (AP Photo). BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants have ambushed a group of Iraq's Shiite-led paramilitary fighters, killingÃÂ ...
The Arab Weekly
February 18, 2018
Iraq's air force will assume more of the “missions, duties and responsibilities” to maintain victories over ISIS. An Iraqi pilot checks a US-made Iraqi Air Force F-16 fighter jet. Changing strategy. An Iraqi pilot checks a US-made Iraqi Air Force F-16 fighter jet at the Balad Air Base, on February 13. (AP). BALADÃÂ ...
Kurdistan24
February 13, 2018
Under the agreement, Spartan Air Academy will be responsible for establishing a flight training school at the Balad Air Base, located about 65 kilometers (40 miles) north of Baghdad. The Defense Department said the academy is expected to open in February 2019. The Pentagon will provide Spartan Air Academy with overÃÂ ...
Airforce Technology
February 2, 2018
Sallyport Global has secured a new foreign military sales (FMS) contract, valued at $400m, to support the Iraqi Air Force's F-16 programme. The cost-plus-fixed-fee undefinitised contract action has been awarded through the US Air Force (USAF) to support Iraq's F-16 mission at Balad Air Base, located 45ÃÂ ...
Ouest-France
February 1, 2018
Work will be performed at Balad Air Base, Iraq, and is expected to be complete by Jan. 30, 2019. This contract was the result of a sole-source acquisition and involves foreign military sales to Iraq. Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $196,000,000 will be obligated at the time of the award. Air ForceÃÂ ...
Dayton Daily News
January 26, 2018
Roger (Tony) Crews is the 2017 winner of the Emmett Broxson Award, nominated by patients and their families at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's Fisher Houses. Crews works to ensure veterans receive specialty care like urology, cardiology, orthopedics and neurology when opportunity exists within theÃÂ ...
Orlando Political Observer
January 19, 2018
When he arrived at the U.S. military hospital at Balad Air Base in Iraq, he was still fully conscious. What remained of his uniform had melted to his skin. Yet he tried to fight off the nurses, insisting that they treat everyone else first. Despite determined efforts to save his life at various hospitals abroad and in theÃÂ ...
Task & Purpose
January 4, 2018
When Cashe arrived at the U.S. Air Force Theater Hospital at Balad Air Base in Iraq, he was still fully conscious. Alisha Turner, then an Air Force medic, was part of the team that treated Cashe and three of his wounded comrades. When we spoke recently, Turner called the encounter her “Pandora's box.
Task & Purpose
January 4, 2018
When Cashe arrived at the U.S. Air Force Theater Hospital at Balad Air Base in Iraq, he was still fully conscious. Alisha Turner, then an Air Force medic, was part of the team that treated Cashe and three of his wounded comrades. When we spoke recently, Turner called the encounter her “Pandora's box.
Texas Public Radio
October 27, 2017
For years, veterans say they've been getting sick. They believe the culprit is open burn pits used in Iraq and Afghanistan. A class-action lawsuit against Houston-based military contractor Kellogg Brown and Root was thrown out this summer, and many of those affected don't know where to turn.
Sputnik International
July 20, 2017
Work on the contract will be performed over the next six months at Balad Air Base, Iraq and is expected to be completed by January 30, 2018, the Defense Department explained. The Iraqi government requested support operations and they will be financed by foreign military sales funds, the release added.
PBS NewsHour
May 23, 2017
An investigation by The Associated Press this month found that Sallyport Global fired two of its investigators after they uncovered evidence of the trafficking as well as alcohol smuggling and major security violations at Balad Air Base. In a letter to Sallyport's Chief Executive Officer, Victor Esposito, the HouseÃÂ ...
Business Insider
May 5, 2017
Robert Cole and Kristie King were in Iraq working as investigators for Sallyport Global, a U.S. company that was paid nearly $700 million in federal contracts to secure Balad Air Base, home to a squadron of F-16 fighter jets as part of the U.S.-led coalition to annihilate the Islamic State. They'd uncoveredÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
May 3, 2017
The two American investigators felt a sense of foreboding that Sunday as they headed to an emergency meeting with their boss on the Iraqi air base. But they didn't expect to be surrounded by armed guards, disarmed, detained against their will — and fired without explanation. It was March 12 — less thanÃÂ ...
Military Times
December 31, 1999
In this Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, photo, Iraqi army soldier stand guard near a U.S.-made Iraqi Air Force F-16 fighter jet at the Balad Air Base, 45 miles (75 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.S.-led coalition is decreasing air support for Iraq following Baghdad's declaration of victory over the Islamic State group. AmericanÃÂ ...
War on the Rocks
November 23, 2017
If the Air Force prioritized diminishing fuel requirements over risk to its forces then it would conduct fighter operations from places like Balad Air Base in Iraq similar to its footprint in Operation Iraqi Freedom. While the OA-X may have a smaller logistics fuel footprint than other fighters, the fact that no fighters ...
Dallas Business Journal
November 7, 2017
The DoD awarded $16.2 million as a modification to a previously awarded contract. The project includes development, testing and integration of 34 F-16 aircraft for the government of Iraq. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and the Balad Air Base in Iraq, with an expected completion date of May 13, 2020.
Tulsa World
November 6, 2017
VanWinkle started as an Automated Logistical Specialist (92A) in the Quartermaster Company out of Pittsburgh, Kan., where he transported cargo and ammunition. In 2003, he was deployed to Balad Air Base in Iraq where he ran convoys as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. It was overseas serving next to ...
The Hill
October 18, 2017
Here in Minnesota, we recently lost Amie Muller — a 36-year-old wife and mother of three — who was exposed to burn pits at Balad air base, ...
Arab News
October 17, 2017
An MQ-1B Predator from the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron takes off from Balad Air Base in Iraq, in this file photo taken on ...
Tampabay.com
October 13, 2017
Curtis, who worked in biomedical engineering, had studied the burn pit at Balad Air Base in Iraq and noted that commanders had known of the ...
War Is Boring
October 2, 2017
They landed at Balad air base in Iraq on July 13, where they joined the new 9th Fighter Squadron. The F-16s entered combat on Sept. 6, 2015.
PBS NewsHour
May 23, 2017
Sallyport Global Holdings was paid nearly $700 million in federal contracts to secure Balad Air Base, home to a squadron of F-16 fighter jets as ...
Business Insider
May 5, 2017
Robert Cole and Kristie King were in Iraq working as investigators for Sallyport Global, a U.S. company that was paid nearly $700 million in federal contracts to secure Balad Air Base, home to a squadron of F-16 fighter jets as part of the U.S.-led coalition to annihilate the Islamic State. They'd uncovered ...
Chicago Tribune
May 3, 2017
... working as investigators for Sallyport Global, a U.S. company that was paid nearly $700 million in federal contracts to secure Balad Air Base, ...
Texas Public Radio
December 31, 1999
The letter lists DoD air sampling results taken at Balad Air Base in 2007. A swathe of carcinogenic chemicals and dioxins were released as ...
Kansas City Star
July 13, 2017
Hundreds of veterans and their families who have spent eight years in federal court trying to prove that burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan madeÃÂ ...
PBS NewsHour
May 23, 2017
Sallyport Global Holdings was paid nearly $700 million in federal contracts to secure Balad Air Base, home to a squadron of F-16 fighter jets asÃÂ ...
Business Insider
May 5, 2017
... working as investigators for Sallyport Global, a U.S. company that was paid nearly $700 million in federal contracts to secure Balad Air Base,ÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
May 3, 2017
... working as investigators for Sallyport Global, a U.S. company that was paid nearly $700 million in federal contracts to secure Balad Air Base,ÃÂ ...
Iraqi News
March 25, 2017
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday, that four F-16 fighter jets have arrived in Balad air base, based on the agreement made between Baghdad and Washington in 2011, to buy 36 fighter jets. The ministry released aÃÂ ...
Theredstonerocket
March 22, 2017
During his nine months at the exchange in Balad Air Base near Baghdad, Templeton saw firsthand how important its services are to Soldiers far from home.
The American Conservative
March 21, 2017
Burn pit at Balad Air Base, Iraq. DoD photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter, U.S. Air Force. (Released). By way of explaining his eight failed marriages, the American bandleader Artie Shaw once remarked, "I am an incurable optimist.
Foreign Policy (blog)
March 15, 2017
The men and women of Balad Air Base who had lined up to give blood shifted into a line to salute Kolfage's path to the plane.
AviationPros.com
March 1, 2017
Scott also served as the Director of Mobility Forces during the Libyan crisis, Director of the Deployment and Distribution Operations Center in Kuwait and Operations Group Commander at Balad Air Base, Iraq. He served in Washington, DC on the Joint ...
Fairfield Daily Republic
February 24, 2017
Master Sgt. Jude Mariano died in a vehicle accident in Qatar in February 2004, Staff Sgt. David Wieger was killed in November 2007 near Balad Air Base in Iraq and Senior Airman Nicholas Eischen of the 60th Medical Operations Support Squadron died atÃÂ ...
Liberty Hill Independent
February 20, 2017
"DeTuccio was struck with an improvised rocket-propelled explosive device, and was transported to Balad Air Base trauma center.
The New Yorker
February 18, 2017
They raided a suspected Al Qaeda safe house and detained twelve middle-aged men, who were taken to Balad Air Base, the site of the command's Iraq headquarters, for questioning.
PRI
February 10, 2017
A crew chief completes a post flight inspection of a Predator drone on Sept. 15, 2004 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Credit: Rob Jensen.
The Daily Toreador (registration)
February 5, 2017
Both Ravella and Gilbert are 1993 Tech graduates, according to the release. After graduation, Gilbert joined the U.S. Air Force and was deployed to Balad Air Base in Iraq in 2006. Gilbert was killed in a crash in November of that year, and insurgents ...
EverythingLubbock.com
February 4, 2017
The Texas Tech Military and Veterans National Alumni Chapter and the Office of the President will host speaker and alumna Ginger Gilbert Ravella, who will speak on behalf of the Folds of Honor Foundation and share her story as the wife of Maj.
San Angelo Standard Times
February 4, 2017
Two years brought two more daughters to the Gilbert family in February 2006, with the arrival of twins Aspen and Annalise. In May, Rand received word that he was selected to be wing commander of the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base in Iraq.
Yahoo Finance
February 1, 2017
DeTuccio was struck with an improvised rocket-propelled explosive device, and was transported to Balad Air Base trauma center.
Trade Arabia
January 30, 2017
US-based Sallyport Global Holdings has been awarded a $200-million modification on a previously awarded contract for base life support, base operations support, and security for Iraq's Balad Air Base, said a report. The work will be performed at Balad ...
GovConWire
January 30, 2017
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Sallyport Global Holdings a $200 million contract modification to continue to manage the security and operation of Iraq's Balad Air Base. The Defense Department said Friday the modification comes under a foreign militaryÃÂ ...
The Guardian
January 28, 2017
But Hayder doesn't regret aiding the Americans, even when he had to move to Balad air base - once nicknamed "Mortaritaville" - to go home.
San Angelo Standard Times
January 28, 2017
Sallyport Global Holdings Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, has been awarded a $200,000,000 modification (P00019) on previously awarded contract FA8615-14-C-6020 for base life support, base operations support, and security for Balad Air Base, Iraq. Work will ...
Military Technologies
January 24, 2017
In 2005, I served as the chief airfield engineer at the Balad Air Base in Iraq, where I was responsible for the engineering operations of a two-runway aerodrome and a 3,000-person housing annex.
The Intercept
January 17, 2017
In January 2016, the firm was awarded a $271 million contract to manage upgrades at the Balad Air Base in Iraq. As The Intercept previously reported, the Spectrum Group widely advertised Kelly's role with the company, claiming that he worked on ...
Tampabay.com
January 15, 2017
Cecil Johnson was at Balad Air Base in Iraq. Joanne Johnson was in Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. "I saw it on screen as it was happening and the recovery," Cecil Johnson said of the helicopter shoot-down, the worst single loss of live in the history ...
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