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  • POL shatters fuels record

    It seemed like just another day to the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron petroleum, oil and lubricants specialists here, but it ended up shattering records.Transit Center POL flight broke their own record, March 11, by pumping 587,546 gallons of jet fuel in a 24-hour period. Their

  • Healing the healers

    Chaplains help those in need, even if they just need a day off.Chaplain (Capt.) David B. Knight, 451st AEW chaplain, accepted the additional duty of serving as chaplain over the Role 3 hospital at Kandahar Airfield for several weeks in April while the primary, Navy Chaplain (Lt. Cmdr.) Andrew

  • 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.

  • 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