Spring 2006 quarterly issue of Airman available Published April 10, 2006 SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- Read about how space-based capabilities are helping fight the war on terrorism, travel with a joint convoy mission through Iraq, follow the struggles of the Air Force family’s tiniest members as they receive life-saving care at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Wilford Hall Medical Center. These features and more highlight the spring 2006 quarterly issue of Airman magazine, now available in print and online athttp://www.af.mil/news/airman/. Lifeline to the warfighter Space was once the stuff of science fiction. Not today. The need for real-time information on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan has brought space operators into the forefront of the war on terrorism.http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0406/lifeline.shtml Road warriors It’s a non-traditional mission the Air Force hasn’t carried out since Vietnam, but when demands for the Army’s services exceeded capability, Airmen responded. Today, as more than 305 Airmen provide convoy security in Iraq, one unit prepares to go home.http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0406/warriors.shtml Civic duty Airmen on the Civic Action Team are as busy as bees, but not Seabees, mind you. Working on the easy-going island of Palau, these Airmen, often mistaken for Navy Seabees, provide islanders with construction and health needs.http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0406/duty.shtml Sleepy Hollow no more Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, is shaking off its bed-and-breakfast image, replacing it with an expanding mission that has military leaders looking to it to maintain regional stability in the Pacific.http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0406/sleepy.shtml A hospital wing and a prayer At a time when hundreds of thousands of military members are focusing on defeating enemies at home and abroad, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Wilford Hall Medical Center goes to great lengths to ensure military families' "little ones" get loving care.http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0406/prayer.shtml New program combines total force A Vermont Air National Guard unit welcomes 12 active-duty Airmen in a test program. The Guard provides the mission, while a local community takes care of their housing, food and entertainment needs.http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0406/program.shtml For information on e-mail notifications, magazine subscriptions, reader feedback or story ideas, go to http://www.af.mil/news/airman/contact.shtml.