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  • French award National Defense Gold Medal to pararescue Airmen

    French forces awarded three 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron Airmen the National Defense Gold Medal with bronze star during a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Morales-Frazier July 8.French Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Maurin, Task Force La Fayette IV commander, presented Capt. John Mosier, HH-60G Pave

  • Expeditionary Mission Support Group changes hands

    Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Mission Support Group welcomed their new commander during a formal change of command ceremony here, July 10.Col. Erik Rundquist, who was previously assigned to the Pentagon as the Anti-terrorism Program Manager, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for

  • Air Force provides critical CAS during Operation Hammer Down II

    Air Force close air support assets played a critical role in the success of Operation Hammer Down II along the Afghan-Pakistan border June 25-30. F-15E Strike Eagles from the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 555th EFS here provided 176 consecutive hours of air

  • Pushups for wounded warriors

    Airmen here are spending extra time on physical fitness, not for their own personal wellbeing, but for servicemembers who have sacrificed so much in Iraq and Afghanistan. Approximately eight Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Group, quality assurance section, are taking pledges and

  • SARC provides education, support for Bagram Airmen

    The Air Force Sexual Assault Response Coordinator provides education, assistance and support to help keep Bagram Airmen "Responsive and Precise.""Whether Airmen are deployed or at their home stations, the bottom line is sexual assault can be a problem wherever you go," said Capt. Sara Ortbals, SARC

  • JTACs guide air strikes, turn tide during major battle

    Airmen from the Washington Air National Guard directed multiple airstrikes May 25 helping a significantly outnumbered U.S. Army and Afghan National Security Force unit fight through an ambush and free a district center from insurgents.Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from the 116th Air Support

  • Aeromedical evacuation flight brings patients to higher-level care

    When servicemembers are hurt in Afghanistan, they can count on highly-trained aeromedical evacuation teams to give them care en route to a higher level of care.The 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight handles the task of flying patients to Craig Joint Theater Hospital where they can