Unusual day for American heroes

Almost an hour passed before U.S. Air Force HH-60 flight team pilots, gunners and pararescuemen taxied back to the landing pad here after a rescue mission. As they peeled back their heavy body armor and dismounted their war birds reveling and exhaling with relief, their uniform t-shirts were soaked

Airdrop fuels austere Afghan locations

The United States Air Force airdropped a record-breaking 3.3 million pounds of supplies into Afghanistan during the month of July. This is the most to be dropped into Afghanistan since the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom and tops June's record 3.2 million pounds. The 77nd Expeditionary

A new day starts at sunset

JTACs help end gunfight with airstrike in Korengal Valley

NEWS RELEASE: Predator crashes in central Iraq

An Air Force MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aircraft System crashed in central Iraq at approximately 7:50 a.m. Baghdad time, on August 13, 2009. The crash was not due to hostile fire. There were no reports of civilian injuries or damage to civilian property at the site. The aircraft is a medium-altitude,

Dog handler team 'lose an Airman'

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - The 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron security forces dog handler team have lost an Airman. Or at least the 134-pound equivalent of one. "That's the funny thing - that's about what one of our guys weighs," said the NCO-in-charge of the team, Tech. Sgt. Drew

Deployed defenders' dog days

This deployment is for the dogs. German shepherds, to be exact. A handful of Airmen and their canine companions are deployed here as part of the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, the largest squadron of defenders in Southwest Asia. This past spring security forces Airmen inherited the

Logistics Readiness keeps KAF truckin’

Vehicle operations and vehicle maintenance are the backbone to establishing a new base of operations in a deployed environment, especially if you don't want to find yourself walking anytime soon. Transporting supplies to designated areas, providing operators for vehicles and technicians to repair

Total Force team airdrops 10-ton artillery load

A team of Airmen airdropped an M198 artillery piece to an Army unit in a remote Eastern-part of the country Aug. 8. The 155mm howitzer weighed just over ten tons and was rigged and loaded onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Missouri Air National Guard. New York, Ohio and Missouri Air Guardsmen

Keeping the airlift mission moving

As of June 30, Air Mobility airlift aircraft have flown nearly 74,000 sorties, delivering about 251,000 tons of cargo in the CENTCOM Area of Responsibility in 2008 and 2009.With the statistics soaring, airlift is making a strong case as a primary source of war-fighting and life-sustaining supplies