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  • Sutterfield departs 455th EMXG, Blanks assumes command

    Their mission is to sustain effective combat operations despite numerous unit turnovers of personnel and aircraft - and under the leadership of Col. Jon Sutterfield they accomplished just that. Colonel Sutterfield, deployed from Headquarters Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base, Va.,

  • Airman reaches 2000 combat hours

    It took 7 years and 15 deployments for one Airman here to reach a milestone few in his career field hit. Tech. Sgt. Justin Jackson, a cryptologic linguist assigned to the 41st Expeditionary Combat Squadron here hit and surpassed 2,000 hours of combat flight in the EC-130H Compass Call. "I would

  • Nangarhar PRT delivers aid to flood victims

    U.S. military members from the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team delivered emergency Humanitarian Assistance supplies to residents of Kuz Kunar and Dari Noor districts of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan July 3. The Nangarhar Emergency Preparedness Committee assessed damage in the area after

  • Airmen, Soldiers treat wounded following suicide attack

    Like a scene out of "M*A*S*H", Airmen and Soldiers, guardsmen and reservists, civilians and Afghans from the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team provided assistance to the survivors of a suicide bombing in late April. Tech. Sgt. Jason Williams rushed into the dining facility and shouted "the

  • 755th Air Expeditionary Group changes command

    Airmen deployed throughout Afghanistan gathered July 11 to witness a change in leadership. Col. Thomas Huizenga relinquished command of the 755th Air Expeditionary Group to Col. James Reed during an evening ceremony here. The 755th AEG provides supervision and operational direction to Airmen serving

  • 455th EMSG holds change of command

    After serving for one year as commander of the 455th Expeditionary Mission Support Group, Col. Barry Mines officially relinquished command to Col. Patricia Searcy during a change of command ceremony held here July 10. As a previous commander of different support units, Colonel Mines was aware of how