The US Air Force (USAF) Expeditionary Communications Squadron (ECS) is one of several combatant organizations responsible for providing strategic and tactical communication services to the US and Coalition Forces in theater. The ECS's communication capability is amongst the most technologically advanced in the world. In light of our technological prowess, here at the Kirkuk Regional Air Base (KRAB) in Iraq, the 506 ECS embraces additional challenges beyond the standard expeditionary communication mission. This paper discusses our experience building a technology transfer center for training the Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) communications squadron, our counterpart. This project further KRAB's mission to enable our Iraqi partners and it fits into the overall US mission of nation-building or stability operations of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). We discuss our objective, methodology, experience and lessons learned. We hope that our experience at Kirkuk will translate into a best-practice approach that can potentially be beneficial to future stability and training operations.
Building a Technology Center for Iraqi Air Force Communications Training
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