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  • Combat arms keeps weapons ready to load

    In a small office with a table and walls of gray padlocked cabinets, Tech. Sgt. Majid Gayles works to keep the weapons assigned to the Airmen of Kandahar Airfield functioning. As the combat arms noncommissioned officer in charge at the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing he inspects and repairs about ten

  • Crew chief's hobby is helping

    During the day, Staff Sergeant Steven J. Crawford is an aircraft mechanic here with the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing, but a glance at his business card informs that he is also a CEO. He created and manages the website AORads.com as a free service for deployed military members in the area of

  • Photo essay: 387th ELRS combat truckers on the road again

    Airmen deployed with the 387th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron serve in Joint Expeditionary Taskings as combat truckers in Southwest Asia. The 387th ELRS of the 387th Air Expeditionary Group is part of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing.To view additional photos click on the slideshow.

  • A father's love without regret (Part II)

    Prior to Mrs. Lammey's stroke, the Lammey Family endured another misfortune. Their middle child, Dyshali, seemed to catch any illness as a child. It was not until he was six-years-old that doctors discovered he had an immune system deficiency. Before this diagnosis, Dyshali spent most of his life

  • A father's love without regret (Part I)

    In 1994, then Senior Airman Roger Lammey, met his wife, Michaela in Las Vegas through a mutual friend.They later married and became a family which includes stepson Shakia Horn, 22, Dyshali, 16, and Akiano, 11.Mrs. Lammey worked as a registered nurse. Tragically, when she was 38-years-old she

  • Photo essay: Air Force Academy cadets experience deployed life at 386th

    Deployed cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy participate in a training routine challenge with 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron firefighters. Operation Air Force Deployed is a month-long joint USAFA/ROTC immersion-based program to give cadets first-hand knowledge of daily life as a

  • Airmen pick up pieces before historic handover

    Less than three weeks into Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, U.S. combat forces entered Baghdad and set up camps to administer the war at landmarks throughout the city. Now, as the security agreement deadline draws closer, U.S advisors are packing up their things and returning the same landmarks to

  • Blue Hawk grooves with Army servicemembers

    The Air Force Central Band, Blue Hawk, provided Latin grooves and party music for Army servicemembers in an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia June 8. Blue Hawk kicked off the night with several Latin pop tunes, such as "Johnny's Mambo" from Dirty Dancing, and the audience immediately showed

  • Two brothers, small Air Force

    It had to be fate. Driving down the main thoroughfare at Kandahar Air Base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Capt. Jay Harris, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, approached a four-way stop. With his mind on other things, he started to drive when a uniformed military member stepped in front of his car nearly

  • Deployed 387th combat truckers receive Army Combat Action Badge

    Two Airmen with the 387th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron were presented the Army Combat Action Badge during a ceremony at a base in Southwest Asia June 9. Staff Sgt. Lance Atkinson and Senior Airman Kenny Gonzalez, combat truckers with the 387th ELRS, received the badge for their actions