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  • Air Force Secretary praises Airmen, discusses ops at Airmen’s Call

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley visited with Airmen of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Aug. 29, during his second visit to Afghanistan in 10 months.Mr. Donley spoke to approximately 300 Airmen at an Airmen's Call held on the steps of an old, Russian air traffic control tower, known as

  • C-130 'Herks' deliver humanitarian supplies to Afghan village

    The Airmen of the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron performed a high-altitude airdrop mission, supporting Coalition and civilian Afghans in a remote village in Northern Afghanistan.The Georgia Air National Guard crew that flew the mission, deployed from the 158th Airlift Squadron, Savannah, Ga.,

  • Strike Eagles surpass 8,000 combat hours, support unique missions

    Airmen from the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron achieved a major combat milestone here when they surpassed 8,000 combat hours in the F-15E Strike Eagle while providing security to Coalition forces. The aircrew for the mission included Capt. Jaina Donberg, F-15E pilot and a native of Arlington,

  • Air Force Pararescueman crowned Strongest Man at Bagram Airfield

    It was not a hulking mass of humanity that won the Strongest Man at Bagram Airfield competition, but a soft-spoken Air Force staff sergeant, whose mission in life is to save life.Staff Sgt. Keith Aussant is a pararescueman with the 56th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Airfield, and of the 22

  • AFCENT’s largest security forces squadron defends Bagram

    There are no American Soldiers guarding the gates of Bagram Airfield. None in the towers. None patrolling the perimeter. And not a single American Soldier searches the thousands of people and vehicles entering the base. But there are plenty of Airmen. Several hundred of them, in fact. The 455th

  • Living life in the Korengal valley

    As bullets stated to rain down on Baker Company's position, a Soldier sighed, and said, annoyingly, "Well here we go." Over the next twenty minutes the servicemembers fired everything from bullets to curse words at the invisible enemy attacking from the surrounding hills. "Just once I'd like to come

  • Clinic traffic downrange shows need for hearing protection

    When gearing up for a mission in Afghanistan, servicemembers don't forget their helmet, gloves, weapon, eye protection or body armor. But what about hearing protection? Staff Sgt. Lee Adams, an ear, nose and throat technician here, said more than half of the patients seen in the ENT walk-in clinics

  • Air Force civil engineer awarded Purple Heart from sniper wounds

    High in the mountains of Afghanistan's Laghman Province, Capt. Clint Townsend was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received by sniper fire Aug. 4.Colonel James Meersman, 755th Air Expeditionary Group commander, pinned the medal on Captain Townsend, the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team