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  • HVAC Airmen withstand the heat to deliver the cool

    Desert environments contain harsh elements, which can beextremely difficult to become acclimated to. One element in particular, tendsto grab people’s attention immediately making its presence known in anunforgiving way.As soon as new members get here and step off the plane theyexperience the

  • Bagram manages weather radar system for wide part of Afghanistan

    The weather flight here holds the responsibility of managing the only weather radar system that impacts a wide swath of the rugged country of Afghanistan, impacting operations from Bagram to Kabul to Jalalabad. Having the responsibility of managing the region’s weather radar, the 455th Expeditionary

  • Maintaining the vehicles that move the mission

    (Editor’s note: Due to safety and security reasons,last names and unit designators were removed.)Imagine unloading 60 thousand pounds of cargo byhand. Aircraft missions, personnel movements, and supply distributions wouldcome to a screeching halt. The time and resources necessary to accomplish sucha

  • CAPS does its part, keeps CENTCOM In the fight

    Quick accessto spare engines, batteries, C-130 wheels or just an O-ring on a gas gauge couldsave time, money, and maybe even lives downrange. The Consolidated AircraftPart Store is where more than 18 thousand sorties per year gain their support. Having morethan 390 thousand items in stock daily

  • Fuel testing keeps planes in the fight

    The 455th Expeditionary Logistics Squadron Fuels Laboratory has the critical task of ensuring the fuel that keeps the airplanes in the sky and in the fight is free of contamination.They do this task by conducting fuel sample analysis ensuring that the fuel delivered to aircraft on the line here

  • Chief honors daughter, marking five generations of service

    Chief Master Sgt. Jason Colon, 91st Operations Group superintendent, has served in the Air Force for more than 22 years, but that's only a fraction of the time his family has spent in service with the armed forces."My father served 30 years and retired as a chief. My grandfather served in World War

  • Competition unites coalition off the frontlines

    The U.S. Air Force along with four other coalitionorganizations, which included the host nation, came together to compete in theFriendship Games, a one-day tri-sport event, at an undisclosed location inSouthwest Asia May 27, 2015.   The competition started at 7:20 a.m. with a 5K run andwas followed

  • TAAC-Air continues mission in Kandahar

    Although headquartered in Kabul, Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air also has a group of less than 40 U.S. Airmen and Soldiers in Kandahar performing the same mission of building a professional, capable and sustainable Afghan Air Force.The members of TAAC-Air at Kandahar Air Field travel to the

  • Memorial Day: More than one day, it is every day

    Flanders poppies, also known as American Legion poppies, are long-associatedsymbols of  the sacrifices made in pastwars, because they grow naturally in conditions of disturbed earth.Memorial Day, once named Decoration Day, is observed the lastMonday in May in honor of the men and women who died in

  • Running on High Octane: POL fuels support, combat operations

    Sweat starts to pour down Airman 1st Class Arnaldo’sface. It’s only 9 a.m., its 100 degrees outside and the temperature is climbing.Chatter comes across his radio for a fuel request; he wipes his face off, hopsin his R-12 refueler and heads to the flightline. It’s an ordinary day, but themission he