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  • Flight nurse provides care in the air

    While troops on the ground are risking their lives fighting terrorism, Capt. Susan McCormick feels it's her mission to provide the best emergency care to those troops so they can return to their families back home. "I couldn't picture myself doing anything but this, giving someone the chance to

  • Safety experts spearhead efforts to minimize bird strikes

    Americans witnessed first hand the severity of bird strikes when U.S. Airways Flight 1549 crash landed in the Hudson River in New York City after hitting a flock of birds in January. Lt. Col. Charles Wallace and his team of seven safety experts with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing safety office, do

  • Work commences on road linking Badakshan, Panjshir

    More than 5,000 Panjshir residents gathered in Safied Shahir Village, Khenj District, March 30 to celebrate the ground breaking for the road to Badakshan. This $28 million project, funded by the Provincial Reconstruction Team will cover 70 kilometers, 43.5 miles, of rough terrain through the

  • Memorial service honors fallen EOD team leader

    Service members and civilians deployed to International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Regional Command-South (RC-South) gathered in the base chapel of Kandahar Air Field April 6 to pay final respects to fallen Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers. Sergeant Myers was killed April 4 by an improvised

  • Air liaison officer takes command of new combat unit at Bagram

    A former air liaison officer to the Army's 101st Airborne Division in Iraq took command of the 504th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group during an assumption of command ceremony at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March 30. Col. James Thomas took hold of the 504th EASOG guidon from Lt. Gen.

  • Airman wins service member competition

    A 27-year-old Air Force staff sergeant was recently named one of Bagram's top enlisted warriors during a competition for Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines. Staff Sgt. Dean Martinez, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, placed first in the non-commissioned officer category and Senior

  • A leg to stand on: Amputee pilot completes third deployment

    What sets Maj. Alan Brown apart from other Airmen in the gym at Bagram Air Field's Camp Cunningham isn't his workout routine, it's his right leg. "When people see me in shorts at the gym there's definitely a pattern," said the 42-year-old mobility pilot of Pine Bluffs, Wyo. "They glance at my eyes,