Hawaii Air National Guard team completes deployment at Southwest Asia base

Spanning across nearly every facet of the 380th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron, nine Airmen deployed from the Hawaii Air National Guard supported morale, welfare, recreation and fitness operations for more than four months for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base here.The

34 EBS B-1 reaches 10k flight-hour milestone

A B-1B Lancer achieved 10,000 flight hours here, June 12. After 34th Aircraft Maintenance Unit professionals braved temperatures in excess of 110 degrees Fahrenheit preparing the aircraft for the flight, the aircrew stepped in and performed the milestone-mission, despite an 18-hour duty-day."The

Airmen mentor Afghan porters at KIA

Resupply is an essential part of any organization. For the Afghan National Army, the aerial port at the Afghan National Army Air Force base at Kabul International Airport is critical to resupplying troops in the field. The concept of an aerial port has been around for a long time, but increasing the

Bogus tourniquets could endanger lives in combat

Counterfeit models of the U.S. Army's Combat Application Tourniquet are available on the Internet and on the open market. Using the counterfeits can be lethal and the Army considered this enough of a problem to send out a priority message April 14 sounding the alert on these bogus devices. "While I

380th fuels Airmen fill up KC-10

Kandahar Air Wing leaders examine new NATO hospital

Maj. Gen. Abdul Raziq Sherzai, Kandahar Air Wing Commander, Brig. Gen.Mohammed Yousuf, KAW Vice Commander and Command Sgt. Major MohammadHassan, KAW Senior Enlisted Advisor, recently toured the newly improvedNATO Role III Hospital at Kandahar Airfield.The Hospital Commander, U.S. Navy Capt. Darin

Coalition aircrews deliver school supplies, ship flags to donators in U.S. in thanks

Back in early 2010, the 438th AEW Enlisted Council was approached with a request to provide school supplies to the children in local Kabul Schools. Airmen received over two tons of supplies and delivered the supplies to more than 2,000 children in the greater Kabul area.What started as a "local"

321st Air Expeditionary Advisory Group holds change of command ceremony

Col. Shaun Turner assumed command of the 321st Air Expeditionary Advisory Group from Col. Christopher Pehrson in a ceremony held here at Kirkuk, Monday, June 14. Col. Turner, a command pilot with more than 4,200 flying hours is deployed from the United States Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, VA, where

Bagram C-130 crew airdrops GPS-guided supplies in Afghan valley

Earlier this month in Afghanistan, a small unit of coalition ground forces found themselves in a tight spot. The unit had already traveled a great distance to support an operation aimed squarely at the Taliban and they'd exhausted their food and water. Navigating through a deep gorge in a

455th ESFS Airman Receives Purple Heart

On June 11, 2010, Col. Jack Briggs, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, commander, honored Airman 1st Class Giovanni Flores with the Order of the Purple Heart, in front of more than 75 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Airmen."This is a rare but distinguished occasion for all of us," Col.