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  • Photo Essay: 380th EMXS Aerospace Ground Equipment

    The 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment Flight is comprised of 42 active-duty and Air National Guard Airmen who provide 24/7 maintenance support to assigned aircraft, maintenance back shops and transient aircraft. On average, the unit delivers 6,000 pieces of

  • SAPR Training continues in Afghanistan

    Airman across Bagram Airfield and supporting forward operating bases in Afghanistan participated in Sexual Assault Prevention and Response training during the month of May. The need for training has increased as the military has taken a stand against any type of sexual assault. Air Force leaders are

  • Helicopter maintainers prepare to redeploy

    Helicopter maintainers from the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare HH-60G Pave Hawks for redeployment back to Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The Pave Hawks must be cleaned thoroughly and folded up in order to be shipped back on Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircrafts. The crews

  • Paying it forward; Bagram Airman teaches Afghans English

    Seventeen years ago a young Kenyan girl and her family embarked on a seven thousand mile journey to America, where they hoped for a better life, future and the opportunity to succeed.She did not speak English and had no idea what to expect from the country she would later call home. Despite the

  • The End of an Era: 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Inactivation Ceremony

    Airmen gathered in front of the headquarters building for an inactivation ceremony for the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing as part of the overall Transit Center at Manas closure June 3, 2014. In a sunset event, Col. John C. Millard, 376th AEW Commander sheathed the wing colors in a black sleeve,

  • Transit Center at Manas hosts transfer ceremony

    The Honorable Pamela L. Spratlen, U.S. Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, and Col. John C. Millard, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, hosted a transfer ceremony at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, June 3, 2014. Ambassador Spratlen, Col. Zamir Suerkulov, 1st Deputy Minister of the Kyrgyz

  • Prime BEEF builds defense

    The 577th Expeditionary Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force Squadron recently built a new security fence around the airfield at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The squadron is forward deployed from the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 577th EPBS brings together

  • Air Force Base-Defense Airmen highlighted in new television documentary

    After their successful 2013, six-episode series on Air Force Combat Rescue, a National Geographic Channel camera crew went back to Afghanistan for a 2014 two-hour special. Inside Combat Rescue: The Last Stand, provides a real-time look at the experiences of the Airmen, Soldiers and Coalition Forces

  • USAF, Jordan F-16 pilots partner during Eager Lion 2014

    From May 25 to June 8 during Exercise Eager Lion, pilots from around the world are taking to the sky over Jordan to learn how fliers from other countries operate during contingency operations. Among these aviators are F-16 Fighting Falcons pilots from the U.S. Air Force and Royal Jordanian Air