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  • 816th EAS Airmen guide KC-135 to safe landing

    Thanks to aircrew actions onboard a C-17 Globemaster III, a KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, was able to safely land after its navigation systems failed March 16.Shortly after taking off from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, the crew from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift

  • Getting fallen warriors home

    Two Services Airmen here would probably be happier if they never had to complete their primary duties, but are honored to do them when they have to.As members of the 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron mortuary affairs office and readiness office, Master Sgt. Danny Howell and Tech. Sgt.

  • Generations serving together, bonding during deployment

    When a father entered the Air Force years ago, he never thought that one day he'd be working side by side with his son at a deployed location.That's exactly what happens every day when father and son duo, Tech. Sgt. Christopher Bond and Senior Airman Benjamin Bond, start their shift as KC-135

  • SERE specialists help air crew return with honor

    Preparing for a mission, aircrew members listen carefully to the briefer as if their lives depend on his every word. If the mission goes awry, Staff Sgt. Eric Zwoll's survival, evasion, resistance and escape briefing may not only save their lives but allow them to return with honor. Sergeant Zwoll

  • 379th hosts Navy F/A-18s

    The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing recently played host to Sailors of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, who were participating in Exercise Eastern Angler. The bilateral coalition exercise consisted of five days of flying operations, giving the navy F/A-18 Hornet pilots a chance to train with the host