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Deployed Airman ensures jet fuel is fit to fight
As aircraft come and go seamlessly throughout the day and night, one deployed Airman at a base in Southwest Asia knows he has a direct impact on assuring the aircraft are flying with fuel that is up to the highest standard.Staff Sgt. Abel Telles is the NCO in charge of the fuels laboratory for the petroleum, oil and lubricants flight in the 380th
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10/03
2011
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615th CRW reopens undisclosed location in Southwest Asia
There's a starting point for everything. For an undisclosed location that was previously closed down, its new start happened when the 615th Contingency Response Wing arrived from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., to reopen the doors. "It was a mess; there was no water and there were piles of sand everywhere," said Senior Master Michael Hood, 615th CRW
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9/30
2011
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Pharmacist Answers Call to Serve
In 2001, David Welch was a retail pharmacist. He had a six-figure salary, a new Jeep Wrangler 4X4, and a big house in the coastal town of Beaufort, N.C. Along with a wife and young daughter, he had everything a man could want. He still felt something was missing.Then his country was attacked and everything changed. In the aftermath of Sept. 11,
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9/27
2011
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Service Member Recalls 9/11 Flight
"There has been a hijacking."That was the wake-up call U.S. Army Sergeant Jesiah Douke heard over the intercom Sept. 11, 2001, while asleep on a military contracted commercial aircraft.Douke, assistant NCO-in-charge of Mortuary Affairs at Sather Air Base, Iraq and Airman at the time, was returning home from a deployment to Southwest Asia. His
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9/27
2011
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Mother, daughter find unity in AOR
While serving as a first-term enlisted Airmen in Royal Air Force Bentwaters, England, from 1987-89 Capt. Greta Lewis, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs officer, gave birth to her first child, Senior Airman Crystal Griffin, 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron.Little did they know 23 years later mother and daughter would be
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9/27
2011
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Afghan aviators soar toward self-reliance
The Afghan air force recently completed its first unassisted helicopter-borne medical evacuation, flying a stabilized patient from Camp Shorabak in Helmand province to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.Currently, the Marines and Sailors of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), in partnership with other NATO coalition forces, provide almost all aviation
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9/25
2011
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New dental clinic at deployed base offers better military care, saves time, money
Though often overlooked, dental care is vital to keeping military members healthy during deployments and ensuring they can contribute to the fight. This service is now available to the Airmen at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing and its mission partners providing needed medical care to deployed personnel and saving time and money. "Prior to us
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9/23
2011
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First Deployment Offers Fuels Specialist Unique Perspective
Airman 1st Class David Peterson is a fuels equipment specialist in the 407th Air Expeditionary Group at Ali Base. His primary role here is to supply fuel to the base's ground and air assets.With less than two years in service, Peterson deployed for the first time, arriving here in July. Still in the infancy of his Air Force career, Peterson has
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9/22
2011
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C-130Js improve Bagram's airlift, airdrop capabilities
The 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron recently filled its ranks with two new C-130J Hercules aircraft and aircrew units. Almost two dozen C-130Js and a full complement of aircrew and maintenance personnel split between California Air National Guard's146th Airlift Wing and Rhode Island Air National Guard's 143rd Airlift Wing replaced C-130H-model
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9/20
2011
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Same base, different deployments
With security forces being the largest career field in the Air Force and the many locations to be deployed, what are the odds of deploying to the same base twice? While there is no actual statistic, there is at least one 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces sergeant who has been to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, twice. Tech. Sgt. Nicole Wrisley, 332nd ESFS
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9/13
2011
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