Blue for Green—Training With the Army:
Known as Iraqi Assistance Group Foxtrot, some 59 airmen recently received training with the Army at Ft. Hood, Tex., to prepare themselves to help the Iraqi Army develop its organizational and base infrastructure—the type of work traditionally handled by the Army. Before going to Iraq, the airmen must complete 299 individual combat tasks, and, while en route, they get additional weapons and cultural training.
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David R. Wolfe recently pledged “a plus-up in manpower” for the maintainer ranks, as the service prepares to launch a major overhaul of its maintenance career field next year.