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  • USAFCENT Command Chief visits Bagram Airfield

    The 455th Air Expeditionary Wing welcomed the newest U.S. Air Force Central Command Chief for his immersion tour of Afghanistan operations Dec. 28-30, 2009. Command Chief Master Sgt. Mark Villella, who replaced Chief Master Sgt. Scott Dearduff Dec. 9, 2009, came to Bagram to gain perspective on the

  • Help wanted: Medics train combat lifesavers

    Dressing wounds? Check. Strapping on tourniquets? Check. Sticking your fellow students with intravenous therapy needles and inserting curved, seven-inch nasopharyngeal airway tubes in through their nostrils and down into their throats? Check and check. It's all part of a three-day course taught at

  • New recruits get a leg up

    In the U.S. Armed Forces, Airmen, Soldiers, Marines and Sailors have a parade at the commencement of basic military training to celebrate their achievements. Dec. 28, more than 330 Iraqi air force recruits marched in a parade before even completing a single day of the initial BMT course. Normally

  • 737th EAS reaches 10K mission milestone

    Considered by some to be an old-timer in a modern-day aircraft fleet, the C-130H proved its worth once again, successfully completing its 10,000th mission of the year for the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron here Dec. 23.C-130H, tail number was 74-2065, based at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, has

  • Airman unites with daughter on CNN for Christmas

    On Christmas day an Airman from the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing surprised his daughter with a holiday message during a live telephone interview on national television. Senior Master Sgt. Sidney McIntosh, 451st Expeditionary Mission Support Group Manpower Superintendent, wished his daughter, Sydney

  • Air Force medics partner with Iraqi Ministry of Defense hospital

    Members of the Air Force Theater Hospital took the first step in partnering with members of Iraq's Ministry of Defense Hospital on Dec. 22, 2009, to form the American-Iraqi Air Medical Evacuation and Medical Provider Training Course. The first installment of training allowed the Iraqis to study burn

  • MC-12 arrives, heralds activation of 4th ERS

    The Air Force's new MC-12 aircraft arrived Dec. 27, 2009, to Bagram Airfield. Tail number 090623 was the first of an undisclosed number of aircraft for the new 4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron here.Following the MC-12's arrival, the 4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron was activated to

  • 'Taliban hotel' destroyed

    Soldiers located at Combat Outpost Spera partnered with members of the Afghan National Army to destroy a multi-room building, used to protect insurgents as they travelled through Khost province, Dec. 18.U.S. Army 707th Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team, out of Fort Lewis, Wash.; 3rd Scout Platoon,