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  • Force Protection Airmen receive vital proficiency training

    Fifteen members of the 387th Expeditionary Support Squadron's Force Protection received weapons proficiency training here this week with combat arms instructors from the 387th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. According to Maj. Thomas McGillicuddy, the commander of the 387th ESFS, it's a very

  • Photo Essay: Extender Maintenance

    Fuel systems Airmen from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform aerial refueling in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. The aerial refueling capability of the KC-10 Extender allows other aircraft to remain in battle spaces

  • Force Protection and Fire Department team up for uniform burn

    Staff Sgt. Joshua Hellmich has done his more than his fair share of 'dumpster diving'. It's up to this young NCO, along with members of his team assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's Force Protection flight, to ensure that no piece of critical information leaves the

  • Argonne to Afghanistan, a Bible visits both a century apart

    Warren Knoble was a 22 year-old U.S. Army private in World War I. As he fought across the French countryside, he carried a small Bible with him.Nearly 100 years later, his great-grandson carries that same Bible daily while deployed to Afghanistan.U.S. Air Force Capt. Eric Hulshizer, a native of

  • Hypersonic jams at Japan School of Doha

    Nine members of the Air Forces Central Command's band, Hypersonic, performed Japanese and American pop songs for more than 60 children, faculty and parents at the Japan School of Doha, Qatar, April 23, 2014. The band's mission, which is to promote troop morale, diplomacy and outreach to host nation

  • A Rock Solid Warrior: Airman 1st Class Jonathan Morrison

    This week's Rock Solid Warrior is Airman 1st Class Jonathan Morrison. Morrison is a biomedical equipment technician assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group. The Tampa, Fla. native is deployed from the 88th Medical Support Squadron, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. In his own words:

  • US Airmen advise Afghan air force

    U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing/NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan, are playing a vital role in Operation Enduring Freedom as advisers tasked with aiding the Afghan government in establishing an operational and sustainable Afghan air force.From a compound within an

  • Final Approach

    Lt. Col. Jeff Klosky is an aviator who has spent much of his life racing out of twilight and into the dawn. After a storied career, spanning 19 years in the U-2 Dragon Lady, sundown has finally become visible on his horizon. Klosky, whose father was an officer in the U.S. Navy, has had an

  • JET Airmen making joint missions successful

    Approximately 1,200 Airmen are deployed in Joint Expeditionary Tasked and Individual Augmentee assignments conducting Operation Enduring Freedom missions alongside joint-service and coalition partners throughout Afghanistan.Known collectively as "JET Airmen", they rely on previous experience and Air