TAAC-Air honors fallen four years later

In honor of nine teammates who lost their lives four years ago, Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air marched nine kilometers at both operating locations, North Hamid Karzai International Airport and Kandahar Air Field, April 27, 2015.More than 250 U.S. and coalition service members along with

ANZAC Day, sacrifices recognized by coalition forces

Military personnel from Australia, the United States andFrance gathered to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Australian and NewZealand Army Corps Day at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia April 25,2015.   According to the Australian War Memorial website, the annualmemorial is one of

Sharpening the edge

Preparation is paramount to success. Preparation determineshow successful the outcome of any task is. Today, Airmen are prepared to deployat a moment’s notice in support of contingencies around the globe and U.S.National interests.But how do we prepare Airmen to make life or deathdecisions in combat

Aircrew Flight Equipment enables others to succeed

Across Southwest Asia, at any given moment, thereare aircraft flying in harm’s way to deliver aid, combat air support tofriendly forces and launching air strikes against ISIL. None of them canaccomplish that without the aircrew flight equipment flight.“Before the aircrew can do their job, we have

332nd EMXS Airmen return A-10 to air after catastrophic engine failure in Iraq

A maintenance repair team from the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron responded to an A-10C Thunderbolt II that suffered a non-combat related engine failure and had to divert to Al Asad Air Base, Iraq.The jet’s number one engine suffered catastrophic damage during a routine refueling mission

Air Force Engineers Enable Task Force Al Asad

The Doolittle Tokyo Raid 73 years later; A toast to the past, a look to the future

April 18 marked the 73rd anniversary of the Doolittle Tokyo Raid, and in honor of this date the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron hosted a memorial to commemorate and remember this historical event.As an important part of U.S. Air Force heritage, the Doolittle Tokyo Raid signifies the achievements

Aeromedical Evacuation team provides in-air care

A team of Airmen assigned to the 455th ExpeditionaryAeromedical Evacuation Squadron here traveled to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan,April 19 to provide in-flight medical care to three servicemembers.The U.S. Army Soldiers sustained multiple injuries whentheir Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle

Medal of Honor recipients visit The Rock

Two Medal of Honor recipients visited The Rock as they transitioned out of Afghanistan with Operation Proper Exit on April 18, 2015.Retired Army Master Sgt. Leroy Petry and retired Marine Cpl. Kyle Carpenter were part of a group returning from a five-day visit to Afghanistan and spent time talking

Fitness Center: Conditioning Airmen for success

It has a life ofits own, complete with shirts soaked in sweat, the constant clanging of metaland occasional grunts. These sights and sounds are what resonate throughout thefitness center.It is a platformdedicated to preparing Airmen for the physical challenges of the military andonly one of several