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  • Lifesavers in the sky

    The 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron teams up with the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron to transport injured patients to Kandahar Airfield from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. If Service members must be moved from the battlefield to a medical facility outside of

  • Dirt Boys get dirty laying foundation

    Staff Sgt. Jacob Skjei, 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Dirt Boy, smooths freshly laid concrete within a footer at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 03, 2016. Civil Engineer personnel can construct runways and airfields in remote global locations in addition to maintaining facilities

  • No matter how high or how far

    Within the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron lies a special group of servicemembers setup here. You hope you never have to call them, but if you do, rest assured they’ll be loaded up and on their way in minutes. They are the PJ’s.These pararescuemen go through two years of grueling training ranging

  • Balancing act: Loadmasters prepare cargo

    Senior Airman Chris Arnold, 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, directs a forklift with cargo to lower onto the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 29, 2016. Aircraft loadmasters are responsible for properly loading, securing and escorting cargo and

  • Always ready: "These things we do, that others may live"

    A pararescueman from the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron jumps from a C-130J Super Hercules during mission rehersal at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 28, 2016. This mission rehearsal is key to ensure pararescuemen are ready for real world missions throughout Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force

  • 457th EFS arrive for Operation Freedom's Sentinel

    Maintainers from the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit inspect an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron after arriving to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, 27 April, 2016. The 457th EFS is deployed to Afghanistan to support Operation Freedom’s Sentinel as the

  • Pave Hawks get check-ups

    A HH-60G Pave Hawk, after the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron conducted a pre-flight inspection, ready for takeoff at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 25, 2016. The HH-60G is a derivative of the UH-60 Black Hawk and incorporates the US Air Force PAVE electronics systems program

  • 455 EAMXS push iron to the fight

    455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical environmentalists clean up and make last minute inspections around an F-16 Fighting Falcon during routine maintenance at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 23, 2016. Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron ensure

  • F-16 crashes in Afghanistan

    A U.S. Air Force F-16 assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing crashed during take-off March 29 at about 8:30 p.m. near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The pilot safely ejected, was recovered by Coalition forces, and is being evaluated by medical personnel at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital on

  • MQ-9 crashes in Afghanistan

    A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 assigned to the 451st Air Expeditionary Group, part of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, crashed Feb. 20 at about 9 p.m. Kabul time, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.