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  • 380th Air Terminal Operation Center ensures Army mission success

    In the Global War On Terror, mission success often hinges on a unit adapting to their environment and overcoming to get the job done. Within the realm of logistics, adapting and overcoming is the standard. Since December of 2007, the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's Air Terminal

  • Mechanics maintain engines for America's air power

    The roar of F-16 Fighting Falcons is more than just noise to the jet engine mechanics assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Tiger Aircraft Maintenance Unit. To these Airmen, it's the sound of a job well done. The Airmen who work in the Propulsion Shop ensure the jets' engines are in

  • Eye doctors give patients new outlook

    Eye doctors deployed to the Air Force Theater Hospital in Iraq see more than twice as many eye traumas than they encounter at their homestations. Among their patients are Iraqis and American servicemembers who have suffered eyesight-threatening injuries. Ophthalmologists can't always save their

  • Aerovac goes the distance

    Many are familiar with the term medical evacuation or "medevac." Army helicopters swoop in and transport personnel requiring medical treatment. Medevac flights are highly versatile but have limited carrying capacity. What happens when you have a large number of patients, need specialty care, or need

  • Manas Air Base fuels flight continues to break records

    The 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants Flight continues to break single-day fueling records as part of the vital function in delivering fuel to Air Force KC-135 and C-17 aircraft supporting military operations in Afghanistan. On July 4, the Airmen of the

  • Bagram dedicates DFAC to fallen Airman

    In a sea of digital camouflage, he definitely stood out amongst the crowd of mostly-Army service members, and those who knew him best often tried to top one another in stories. 'He' was Senior Airman Jonathan A.V. Yelner - a coalition warrior, an Airman and a friend, and he was killed instantly,

  • Afghan print plant supports mission, training

    Mentoring the Afghan National Army staff at the Kabul print plant is a great mission, said Maj. Paul Kaster, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan ANA communications mentor. But, he says he may have worked himself out of a job. Major Kaster, deployed from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.,