A soldier uses a bulldozer to maneuver refuse into the burn pit at Balad, Iraq, in 2004. (Army) EDITOR’S NOTE: In 2008, Military Times reporter Kelly Kennedy published an expansive story looking ...

What brought Balad to a state of siege was a series of events that have displayed in miniature the factors drawing the entire country into a sectarian bloodbath: Retaliatory violence between ...

Troops say chemicals and medical waste burned at Balad are making them sick, but officials deny risk Nov 3, 2008 An airman tosses unserviceable uniform items into the Joint Base Balad, Iraq, burn ...

BALAD, Iraq — Darkness blankets the desert in ways that most city dwellers wouldn’t understand. Street lights die where the towns end, and even on a calm night, dust can choke off all the ...

Two rockets were fired at Balad Air Base in Iraq, the Iraqi Security Media Cell confirmed Monday. The rockets fell outside the base and did not cause "significant losses," the cell said in a tweet.

Cali Bagby has an intermediate story -- after the incident, but before the identification(s) -- on the crash of a Blackhawk at Balad. Updated: The dead soldier was a passenger, Spc. Michael S ...

The Department of Defense says the 25-year-old was killed February 8th near Balad, Iraq. He had been assigned to the 24th Transportation Company in Fort Riley, Kansas. Get The Daily Update!

Since arriving in Iraq, "Big Windy" has flown 460 missions, clocked more than 3,700 flight hours, and transported more than 37,500 passengers and 5,710,500 pounds of cargo.

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - Secretaries of State and a chief election officials delegation from Pennsylvania, California, Indiana, Mississippi, and Florida visited Joint Base Balad Tuesday to meet ...

BALAD, Iraq, June 14 -- An attack on Iraqis here by U.S. troops after an American tank patrol was ambushed Friday morning killed seven people, not 27 as initially reported, U.S. military officials ...

EXCLUSIVE — The Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve has raised the threat level for US service members in Iraq, while US contractors at Balad Air Base were put on high alert ...

Mortar attacks part of daily life at Balad air base The Duluth News Tribune sent staff writer Chris Hamilton to Iraq with the Duluth-based 148th Fighter Wing unit to get a glimpse of life on duty.