Air Force stepping into war zones on the ground.

From: The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) | Date: May 23, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Richard Whittle

WASHINGTON _ The insurgents of Afghanistan and Iraq have no air forces and rarely manage to fire a missile at a U.S. aircraft, but that hasn't kept the names of Air Force personnel off the casualty lists.

In a departure from the past, however, when the officers who fly the U.S. Air Force's planes were most at risk, in these wars the service's enlisted men and women have paid the ultimate price more often. With the Army and Marines stretched thin, Air Force enlisted personnel have been called on to do jobs previously done by ground troops.

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