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  • Combined operations kill 5, detain 4

    Afghan and Coalition forces killed five insurgents and detained four suspected individuals in eastern Afghanistan during operations over the past 24 hours, Nov. 1.Coalition airstrikes killed four insurgents after they were identified with machine guns and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher in

  • Bagram's Airmen "Defend the Base"

    Airmen from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing are hard at work each and every day fulfilling the wing's mission: "Support the fight, defend the base and win."Bagram Airfield is a joint installation, but its security is unusual in that defending the base is performed primarily by Airmen. The 455th

  • Soon to deploy leaders glimpse preview of future

    Incoming leaders got a preview of their upcoming deployment during a pre-deployment site survey of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktya mission, Paktya Province, Afghanistan, Oct. 17- 24, 2011. Lt. Col. John Morse, inbound PRT Paktya commander from Tucson, Ariz., and U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Raul

  • MC-12 reaches major milestones in Afghanistan

    Airmen from the 4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron here achieved three major milestones in the month of October supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.The squadron, which operates the MC-12 Liberty, surpassed 10,000 sorties flown, 50,000 flight hours and supported ground operations that have

  • Craig Joint Theater Hospital receives MRI machine

    Col. James Sperl, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group deputy commander, COL. Jane Prather, Task Force Medical East deputy commander, and Lt. Col. Charles Voigt, 455 EMDG radiology flight commander cut the ribbon for the grand opening of the new Magnetic Resonance Imagine machine at Craig Joint Theater

  • Provincial shura inaugurates new governor's compound

    More than 1,500 Afghans attended an inauguration ceremony at the new governor's compound and jirga meeting hall for the opening of the first provincial sports center, here, in eastern Afghanistan Oct. 19.Groups of local youth and adult sports teams joined with elders, tribal leaders and government

  • Bagram welcomes new enlisted leader

    An elite group of people, only 1 percent, become chief master sergeants, and less than 1 percent have the honor of becoming command chief master sergeants in the Air Force.So, how does a 19-year-old young man from Birmingham, Ala., with one year of college under his belt become a chief master

  • Bagram's Airmen "Support the Fight"

    Airmen from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing are hard at work each and every day fulfilling the wing's mission: Support the fight, defend the base and win. Each mission priority is integral to the other, but supporting the fight is the number one priority. The wing's impact is most especially felt