Sunset refueling ops in Southwest Asia

KC-135s forward deploy with 380th AEW

Deployed Airmen read to sons, daughters through reading program

Staff Sgt. Gavin Ramos was as animated as he could be in front of a camera recording his every word and action while reading "Tikki Tikki Tembo," a story set in ancient China that is about a boy named "Tikki tikki tembo no-sa-rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo" who gets caught in a well.On April

455th Airmen contribute to Operation Care humanitarian aid

Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron recently adjusted office space to accommodate more than 1,100 pounds of humanitarian aid sent here. The donation, 38 boxes of shoes, was facilitated by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ronald Knight, 455th EAPS, an air transportation operations center

'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.

Hazardous material response training close-up

Deployed Dragon Lady swoops in low for a closer look at counterinsurgency

In J.K. Rowling's fantasy novels about the adolescent Harry Potter, the Hogwarts Coat of Arms is emblazoned with the Latin term, "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus," which translated; means "never tickle a sleeping dragon." Recently, the U.S. Air Force has awoken a dragon to attack the danger of

Air Drop

Airmen honor fellow squadron member killed in 2004

Basic IDF procedures can save lives

While it might seem like waste of time to get down on the ground during a rocket attack, that very action may save your life.The procedure for rocket attacks is listed as part of the Commander, Kandahar Airfield standard operating procedures 360, Indirect Fire Attack, said Master Sgt. Byron Ginn,