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  • Bagram Airman uses music to bring families together

    Thousands of miles from home, one Airman here is finding a way to bring service members a little closer to their families. For the last few weeks, Master Sgt. Tim Chandler of Ashland, Ohio, a member of the 455th Expeditionary Communications Flight here, has been hosting an Internet-based radio show

  • Kirtland gifts reach Afghan school children

    Airmen and Soldiers deployed to eastern Afghanistan helped a small English language class this week, delivering school supplies collected and shipped by fellow Airmen and their families at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. "These gifts are from American school kids and their parents who want to

  • FAST teams keep Bagram’s aircraft, crews safe

    A team of security forces Airmen here have a special mission to protect Air Force aircraft during missions that take them away from the safety of an established base. The 455th Air Expeditionary Wing's Flyaway Security Teams (FASTs) can vary in numbers, but their primary mission is to detect, deter,

  • Supply Airmen help take fight to enemy

    Keeping aircraft flying and war fighters supplied in Afghanistan is a challenging job, but one done gladly by members of the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Supply Flight here. An estimated $50 million in equipment and supplies, everything from aircraft weapon system parts to office

  • Airmen help Afghans stand up flight medicine clinic

    Like many Airmen around the world, Maj. Mical Kupke's day starts with a brief meeting to plan out the day's events. But that's where the similarity ends. The flight surgeon and her team's day involves mentoring members of the Afghan national army air corps in the field of flight medicine and

  • Airman helps Afghans get well

    BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Children line the streets during the short ride to the village. Adults with noticeable disabilities and young children who may have never have had professional medical assistance look curiously at the visitors, probably wondering why they have come. Despite this lack

  • Something to write home about

    An all-volunteer organization in the United States is going the extra mile to make sure Airmen here are thanked for their service. The Freedom Pens Project creates and ships out custom pens for distribution to servicemembers across the globe. Most of the pens are made using a process called

  • A Sunday unlike any other

    Capt. Dennis Hargis will never forget last Sunday, and it's likely that those whose lives he saved won't either. The 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron A-10 pilot from San Antonio, Texas, was mere days away from the end of his six-month deployment here when he received the call that nearby

  • Afghanistan milestone has special meaning for Bagram Airmen

    The recent accomplishment of an airlift milestone for Coalition operations in Afghanistan has a deeper significance for Airmen here. During the last week of September, crews of the 774th Expeditionary Air Squadron conducted one of the largest series of air drop operations in Afghanistan's history,

  • Bagram Airmen help bring better life to Afghan families

    A group of Airmen here have joined with their civilian and sister service counterparts to help bring a better life to the people of Afghanistan, one family at a time. Dubbed "Operation Care," the all-volunteer effort collects and delivers clothing, toys, candy, school and hygiene supplies to Afghan