I am enjoying my cookies as I type to you to tell you THANK YOU SO MUCH for the packages. I am responding on behalf of my fellow air traffic controllers and members of the 506th Expeditionary Operation Support Squadron, 506th Air Expeditionary Group stationed at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq. Our group of 15 tower controllers are all appreciative of the wonderful gesture from home and know that we are supported at by many great people. Kirkuk Regional Air Base is home to the 506th Air Expeditionary Group. The group maintains security at the base, conducts safe flying operations and actively supports base agencies. The 506th AEG comprises six squadrons and more than 900 Airmen. Kirkuk AB is also home to the 370th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group, which provides guidance to Iraqi pilots at their flying training school here. The base hosts a total force of more than 4,000 people, including members of the U.S. Army 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division and the U.S. State Department Provincial Reconstruction Team.