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  • ‘No Comm, No Bomb’: Net Ops, CST combine to keep $84M network running

    (Editor’s Note: This is the final part of the three part series on the deployed communications Airmen at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.) With hundreds of thousands of megabytes of data whizzing along miles of fiber optic wire, only stopping briefly to be digested by a network computer before blazing

  • Bagram's Viper Weapons Crew

    Staff Sgt. Chris White (left), 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew chief, and Airman 1st Class Rhaymark Neri, 455th EAMXS weapons load crew member, download a GBU-54 from an F-16 Fighting Falcon to complete a 30-day inspection at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 15,

  • Haulin' a Herc

    Senior Airman James Zorn, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, guides a C-130J Super Hercules as it is towed to the flightline for an engine test at Bagram Airfield, Aghanistan, Jan. 12, 2016. The aircraft, used in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel and NATO's Resolute

  • ‘No Comm, No Bomb’: Cable, Net Man build deployed cyber body

    (Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a three part series on the deployed communications Airmen at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Part three will take an in-depth look at the remaining two major sections of Air Force communications: Client Systems Technician, and Network Operations.) A cyber

  • Haulin' a Herc

    Crew chiefs from the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to tow a C-130J Super Hercules to the flightline for an engine test at Bagram Airfield, Aghanistan, Jan. 12, 2016. The aircraft, used in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel and NATO's Resolute Support mission, was

  • Intel paints battlefield picture from windowless room

    In a windowless room, illuminated only by the light of computer screens, the Airmen of the 455th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron intelligence flight, paints a picture of the battlespace clear as day. With intelligence gathered from multiple platforms, from ground forces to satellites, the

  • Viper maintainers ensure combat-ready aircraft

    Master Sgt. Jim Anderson, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, removes and replaces a jet fuel starter on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2016. The 455th EAMXS provides combat-ready aircraft to the air component

  • Bagram Airmen assist first responders following IED blast in Kabul

    Four Bagram Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron sprang into action following a terrorist attack on a compound in Kabul, Afghanistan Jan. 4.The Airmen were in Kabul as part of U.S. Central Command’s materiel recovery element, inspecting equipment for air transport out of

  • 774th EAS loadmasters fix problems ‘on the fly’

    A weasel is characterized by its tenacity, persistency and keen senses.  It is an animal also known for its ability to react quickly in any given situation.  An airlift squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan shares this characteristic. Airmen of the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron encompass