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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- An Army bugler plays Taps during the closing moments of a memorial
ceremony held here May 13 by the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in remembrance of 18 Airmen who were killed trying to end the USS Mayaguez incident in 1975.  (Photo by Master Sgt. Orville Desjarlais Jr.) 455th ESFS memorial ceremony remembers 18 fallen comrades
Members of the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron paid tribute May 13 to 18 Air Force security forces Airmen who were killed in a helicopter crash. On May 13, 1975, 51 security forces members joined in the rescue operation for the USS Mayaguez. At 9,000 feet, a helicopter carrying the Airmen over flew an area near the Thai-Loation border
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Default Air Force Logo Cable television, Internet being installed in B-Huts
Army and Air Force Exchange Service concession employees are installing cable and internet service to B-Hut residents.The installers began stringing up cable lines earlier this week to the security forces huts and will continue throughout Camp Cunningham. “It’s a quality-of-life issue,” said Chief Master Sgt. Raymond Welton, 455th Expeditionary
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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Lt. Col. Stephen Chappel, an A-10 pilot deployed to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing here, performs a walk-around inspection of an A-10 Thunderbolt II May 13 in preparation for a mission over Afghanistan.  The A-10 fires a 30-milimeter canon, and can carry up to 16,000-pounds of ordnance for close air support missions to support troops on the ground.  Colonel Chappel is an Air Force Reservist deployed from the 442nd Fighter Wing, based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.  (US Air Force photo by Maj. David Kurle, 455 AEW/PA) Active-duty, Reserve units take over A-10 flying mission
A mix of active-duty and Reserve units started landing their A-10 Thunderbolt IIs May 13 to take part in Air Expeditionary Force 1 and 2. The 81st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron here is composed of the 81st Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany — the lead unit — and the 303rd Fighter Squadron from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., an Air
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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Aghanistan -- An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman AFB, Mo., flies a combat mission for Operation Enduring Freedom over Afghanistan May 18.  Whiteman A-10s are deployed to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing and are flying combat air support missions for U.S. and Coalition forces on the ground.  (Photo By 1st Lt. Jeff Bellenski) Bagram A-10s strike cave
During a successful air strike May 8, Coalition aircraft killed four enemy extremists and destroyed a truck and cave complex in the Bermel District of Paktika Province. Coalition Forces suspect other insurgents may possibly be buried in the rubble.Prior to the strike, a joint combat team of Afghan National Army and U.S. ground forces observed
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