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  • Bagram ‘Helping Agencies’ care for service members during deployment

    Throughout a deployment, service members face many challenges that they normally do not back home, meaning they may have a crucial need for specialized support while in Afghanistan. That is where the helping agencies come in and provide whatever member needs to get back into the fight.These agencies

  • Former Academy QB under center as deployed orthopedic doc

    It’s 1999 and he steps onto the gridiron as a leader. It’s his team now.  He is now the starting quarterback of the US Air Force Academy Falcons football team.  With big shoes to left by a record-setting graduated, senior Cale Bonds is about to begin the final season of his college

  • C-5M Super Galaxy delivers helo to Bagram

    Soldiers from Task Force Destiny pair with Airmen from 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del., to unload a helicopter from a C-5M Super Galaxy at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Dec. 26, 2015. The C-5M is the largest military transport aircraft in the world, capable of hauling 270,000 pounds

  • Deployed Defenders: FAST keeps airlift lifeline alive

    Editor’s Note: This is the third article that is part of the Deployed Defenders series that takes a closer look at the function of Air Force Security Forces in Afghanistan.On a lonely, dirt runway in the “Middle of Nowhere, Afghanistan,” a C-130 Hercules’s engines whine while it waits to be

  • Bagram honors fallen Airmen

    Service members from Bagram came together Dec. 23 to honor the memories of six Airmen killed in an improvised explosive device attack two days earlier.“Today’s the day I remember and honor the sacrifices our fellow Airmen made for us, our country, and our freedoms,” said Special Agent Heather

  • Airman helps troubled youth “Focus” with non-profit mentorship program

    Even while deployed to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in support of Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, Tech. Sgt. Tyron Fields is making a difference for the youth in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina through a non-profit mentorship program called “Focus.” The program aims to help direct kids

  • Deployed Defenders: SF Airmen fill critical roles to ensure combat airpower

    Editor’s Note: This article is first part of the Deployed Defenders series that takes a closer look at the function of Air Force Security Forces in Afghanistan.One squadron, with less than 100 Defenders, is responsible for the protection of thousands of Airmen and billions of dollars of equipment.

  • ‘Ruck to Remember’ honors 12 fallen SFS Airmen

    More than 250 Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and DoD contractors united December 12 to ruck march 12 kilometers to honor the 12 fallen Defenders who died during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. While a portion of the Ruck to Remember was to reflect upon the sacrifices the Security