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Casualty care in the air

The trip home can be long for many wounded people, but can be better with the medics from the 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Kandahar Airfield. Different medical teams are available depending on the severity of the wound. Aeromedical Evacuation teams are the core of the

332nd ECES firefighters retire memorial plaque

More than 60 Airmen and Soldiers attended the retiring ceremony of Staff Sgt. Ray Rangel's memorial April 6 at the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire station.Staff Sgt. Ray Rangel, 332nd ECES firefighter died Feb. 13, 2006, while trying to rescue two soldiers trapped in a Humvee that

Bagram provides humanitarian assistance after landslide

Airmen from the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, here, delivered more than 17,000 pounds of supplies to Afghanistan's Balkh Province, April 7. The emergency drop, which included food, water and blankets, was part of the Air Force and Army's aid effort for the residents of the Northern Province,

Iraqi, American firefighters team up for joint exercise

A dozen Iraqi air force and U.S.-contracted firefighters conducted a joint coordination exercise for a simulated C-130 crash here April 3. The exercise, led by the U.S. Air Force's base transition team, marked the initial steps in preparing Iraqi partners for increasing responsibilities as U.S.

Wild Blue Country photo round up in Kyrgyzstan

Like father, like son: Sergeant hands over deployment reins to Airman before heading home

Airman 1st Class Kyle Beck remembers the good and the bad of growing up with a military father.The 20-year old native of Hawkinsville, Ga., remembers childhood fishing and camping trips with his dad, Tech. Sgt. Alvin Beck - and favorite activities like going four-wheeling. He also remembers his

US advisors foster local support for IqAF

What started out as a case of unclaimed education supplies turned into an opportunity to build camaraderie with a local elementary school near Camp Taji.The Iraqi military delivered education supplies to the school March 22, bringing smiles to the Iraqi children's faces."In our efforts to find

Heavy equipment offloading offers 380 ELRS unique coordination opportunities

The joint efforts of the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron and their Host Nation F-16 maintenance squadron strengthened a working partnership as Airmen provided offloading support to the Host Nation participants returning from Red Flag with 50,000 short tons of F-16 Desert Falcon

JTACs deliver airpower for ground forces in Afghanistan

Perched on an mountaintop in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains, an Airman hunkers down in the frigid, sodden darkness monitoring the Soldiers in the valley below as he speaks with the pilots above."Wow, I can hear the hail coming down over the radio," exclaims the B-1B Lancer pilot flying