Without its growing fleet of unmanned aircraft, the Air Force would not be as effective. It's why Predators, Reapers and Global Hawks are in such demand on the battlefield.

Airman Magazine is published bi-monthly by the Air Force News Agency for the Secretary of the Air Force Office of Public Affairs. As the official magazine of the U.S. Air Force, it is a medium of information for Air Force people.

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FEATURES:
2 Life at Camp Habbaniyah
Located 55 miles west of Baghdad, a team of Air men, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines works to provide stability for hundreds of Iraqi soldiers at Camp Habbaniyah, the major logistics hub and basic training recruitment center for Iraqi forces.

12 An Evolution in Warfare
Storming villages and calling in air strikes are all in a days work for controllers on the ground, but many never get to refine those skills outside of the AOR. Atlantic Strike, the U.S. Central Command Air Force’s semi-annual training event, gives them just that opportunity.

18 Duty Brings Out the Best
On any given month, more than 200 deployed men and women volunteer an average of 2,500 hours of free time and days off to help the staff and patients at Balad Air Base’s Air Force Theater Hospital in Iraq.

26 Living with Leukemia
Three-year-old Zachar y has leukemia — acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Through the good and bad times, Zachary has some constants — the love and commitment from his parents, Capt. Christopher and Kimberly Moore, and the support of the Air Force.

34 The Unknown Tale of John Yingling
Retired Maj. John Yingling knows his stuff. A veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict, he has been a part of many historical military events. In fact, during his tour in Korea, he made fighter pilot history.

Departments
40 Compassion in Colombia
In the business of saving lives, sometimes the number of lives that need care can be over whelming. This was the situation an Air Force medical team found themselves in while working at the Hospital Toribio Maya, a small clinic located in the remote town of Popayan, Colombia.

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On the Cover
Tech. Sgt. John Thompson is a member of an eight-man security forces team deployed to a Regional Support Unit in the Al Anbar Province. They advise and mentor Iraqi Army recruits, like Private Mansor Aye, in all aspects of air base defense and weapons training.

Photo by Master Sgt. Scott Wagers

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Watching Over a Workhorse

irman 1st Class Jonathan Termun is no stranger to military service. As an Air Force brat, brother of a Marine and grandson of a Soldier, he knew he was following a strong tradition of military service. But that wasn’t the only motivation he had for joining — he had long-term goals in mind. As the youngest of four kids growing up in New Jersey, he wanted to experience something different, get an education and work on airplanes.

With those goals in mind, it was a natural fit for Airman Termun to join the Air Force and become a crew chief. When he found out he would be working on the B-1 Lancer, he was thrilled. “My favorite part about being a B-1 crew chief is watching my jet take off when it’s dark out and the flames are shooting out the back,” he said.

He likes seeing B-1s return empty even more. Knowing that all of the munitions were dropped signifies a successful mission — something he can only experience on deployments like his current one in Southwest Asia.

And it’s the efforts of crew chiefs like Airman Termun who have enabled the airframe to drop more bombs than any other aircraft since the war began. He has the job of inspecting the planes from nose to tail, ensuring the planes are ready for each mission. ...

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