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  • Devil dog makes his last flight home

    From the moment I looked into the yawning mouth of the back of the C-17, I felt a lump in my throat begin to form.It was a yellow flag heat condition day in humid Kyrgyzstan, and 50 Airmen and I were lined up on the tarmac, waiting to greet a young Marine who was coming home. If only he was coming

  • AE missions: routine is only half the story

    Some people train at home station only to perform their mission a little differently in a real-world environment.Members of the 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron can honestly say that the way they train is exactly the way they perform their jobs anywhere. Their mission is to

  • KC-10 returns from mission: 'This way please'

    A maintenance Airman from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Extender aircraft maintenance unit provides direction to the flight crew of the KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during flightline operations for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a

  • 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

  • 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