MC-12W Project Liberty team: Supporting the mission since 2009

The MC-12W Project Liberty team has been in theater since 2009, with the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron providing the maintenance support needed for the Air Force and Army to keep the aircraft in the sky.The MC-12W is a medium to low altitude, twin-engine turboprop aircraft that

One Eyed Jacks roll vehicle ops into high gear

TACP connects Army to Airpower in Afghanistan

When an Army unit is outside the wire in Afghanistan you will most likely find a Joint Terminal Attack Controller qualified Tactical Air Control Party Airman attached to them to provide a direct link to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing combat airpower flying overhead.This happened recently when

EOD: Take a walk on the wild side

Escape, Barricade, or do we fight?

Airmen from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing participated in an active shooter training exercise June 19.“I love when the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group partners with other base agencies to exercise,” said Senior Master Sgt. Kimberly Robinson, 379th Medical Operations Squadron superintendent.

BASH!

To prevent mishaps on the airfield and possible damage to aircraft caused by birds or other small animals, the Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard program here works to prevent incidents by keeping a tight control of the various critters found here. Matthew Gage, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety

Predator crashes in southeastern Iraq

Release Number: 150622-01June 22, 2015FOR IMMEDIATERELEASEPREDATORCRASHES IN SOUTHEASTERN IRAQAnAir Force MQ-1 Predator Remotely Piloted Aircraft crashed in Iraq atapproximately 8:30 a.m. local time, June 22, 2015.Theaircraft was flying a combat mission when positive control of the aircraft waslost.

Father and son spend Father’s Day in deployed location

 Deployed accommodations havechanged drastically in the last 30 years. In the 80’s and 90’s handwrittenletters and rooms filled with payphones were the only ways to communicate withloved ones from home.  “When I went to Desert Storm the first time, we gotour phone call home and we were in country

AUAB All-Stars and Qatari military score big during soccer scrimmage

Soccer and كرة القدم have completely different pronunciations here in Qatar.  However, the word ‘partnership’ does not. SeveralU.S. and Qatari military members competed in a 70 minute soccer match tocelebrate the U.S. Army 240th birthday June 14, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base,Qatar.On a regularbasis

Munitions Airmen provide the means for combat airpower

Munitions Airmen assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron make an impact here every day by building the weapons needed for the combat airpower mission.Every munition loaded onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft here is provided by the 455th EMXS Munitions Flight. Without these