RED HORSE Airmen build facilities for warfighters

As 30,000 servicemembers continue to pour into the region as part of the troop surge in Afghanistan, a 15-man team of Airmen with the 1st Expeditionary RED HORSE Group are paving the way to ensure war-fighters here have facilities they need to win the fight."Our mission here is to construct the

EMDG continues to support community with medical supplies

Air Force-run chapel transitions to Army-run chapel

As the drawdown approaches at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, the Air Force is shifting much of its responsibility to the Army. In order to make the transition as seamless as possible, changes are being made one step at a time, beginning with the Air Force chaplaincy. "This turnover is an important first

Deployed Airmen memorialize air mobility legend through mural at Southwest Asia dining facility

Retired Master Sgt. Roy W. Hooe died on April 18, 1973, but in a way he came back to life some 37 years later to the day in the form of art.In Roy's Flight Kitchen, also called "Roy's Diner," a dining facility named after Sergeant Hooe run by the 380th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron, Airmen

Air Force activates rescue squadron at Camp Bastion

The 79th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron was officially activated during a ceremony April 22 at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.Lt. Col. Mike Hinsch assumed command of the unit from Col. John Cherrey, 451st Expeditionary Operations Group commander, who officiated the ceremony. The search and rescue mission

'Combat Kings’ back to work in Afghanistan

For the first time in five years HC-130P Combat King aircrews here answered an alert call in Afghanistan as Airmen from the 79th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron delivered medical supplies to Herat April 9."I was here five years ago when we wrapped up the last of the HC-130 missions here," said Lt.

Sokulukskaya Special Boarding School receives HA from Manas

"Welcome to the Fight"

455th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen welcomed their new commander during a formal change of command ceremony here, April 23, 2010.Col. Jack L. Briggs II, previously assigned as the Director of Inspections for the Office of United States Air Force Inspector General, Pentagon, Washington, D.C., assumed

Lions, Destroyers merge to tackle threats

U.S. Air Force and Army members conducted a joint, force-protection patrol, April 14, near one of the U.S. Air Force's Central Command's main airbases in Iraq.The Air Force's 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron 'Lions' and the Army's 1st of the 28th Infantry Battalion 'Destroyers' teamed up

41st Annual EOD Memorial Ceremony

The 506th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, commemorates their fallen EOD brethren during the 41st Annual EOD Memorial Ceremony at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq on April 17, 2010. A "final roll call" was held for EOD technicians killed in action during the year. In addition to the unit members