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  • Predator crashes in Afghanistan

    An Air Force MQ-1 Predator crashed in southern Afghanistan, July 21. The aircraft is a medium-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft. The MQ-1's primary mission is conducting armed reconnaissance. A board will be convened to investigate the incident.

  • Medical Group welcomes four walls after six years in tents

    After nearly seven years operating out of a tent facility, the 376th Expeditionary Medical Group held a ribbon cutting ceremony for their new hospital building here July 17. The new facility will allow the Medical Group to give their 600 monthly patients the care they deserve. The structure includes

  • 777th's maintainers keep people, cargo moving

    While most people go about their day, the C-130 ramp is buzzing with activity as the 777th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit Airmen divide and conquer to ensure the workhorse of the Air Force fleet can continue its mission here. The 777th EAMU works to keep the 777th Expeditionary Airlift

  • Airman reaches 2000 combat hours

    It took 7 years and 15 deployments for one Airman here to reach a milestone few in his career field hit. Tech. Sgt. Justin Jackson, a cryptologic linguist assigned to the 41st Expeditionary Combat Squadron here hit and surpassed 2,000 hours of combat flight in the EC-130H Compass Call. "I would

  • Nangarhar PRT delivers aid to flood victims

    U.S. military members from the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team delivered emergency Humanitarian Assistance supplies to residents of Kuz Kunar and Dari Noor districts of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan July 3. The Nangarhar Emergency Preparedness Committee assessed damage in the area after

  • Airmen, Soldiers treat wounded following suicide attack

    Like a scene out of "M*A*S*H", Airmen and Soldiers, guardsmen and reservists, civilians and Afghans from the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team provided assistance to the survivors of a suicide bombing in late April. Tech. Sgt. Jason Williams rushed into the dining facility and shouted "the

  • AFCENT team visits Lebanese Armed Forces

    A four-member team from the US Air Force recently visited with senior leaders from the Lebanese Armed Forces to discuss future cooperation efforts between the two countries' air forces. In a highly effective one-day trip, the four member U.S. Air Forces Central team traveled to Beirut recently and