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  • Bagram civil engineer team keeps airpower flying by repairing airfield

    Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron level out cement to repair a section of the flightline at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2015. Airfield integrity concerns are reviewed twice a month by Airfield Management and 455th ECES. Once repairs are completed, these areas of

  • 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 Nov. 24 at 7:10 p.m. Kabul time near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.There is no indication of injuries or damage to civilian property as a result of the crash. The cause of the crash

  • Bagram AMMO troops build the ‘BOOM’ for combat airpower

    In a far corner of the base, behind fences, checkpoints and armed guards, rests one of the most explosive places on Bagram.  Filled with tons of bombs, missiles and ammunition, the Airmen of the Munitions Storage Area, or “bomb dump,” provides all the necessary weapons required to project combat

  • Bagram maintainers keep it cool with liquid oxygen service

    Senior Airman Clark Hoover-Hill, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental systems journeyman, deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., services the liquid oxygen on an EC-130 aircraft at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 19, 2015. When exposed to the

  • 41st EAMU keeps Compass Call out of jams

    Master Sgt. Christina Trombley, 455 Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, climbs on top of a EC-130H Compass Call aircraft during a visit with Airmen from the 41st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Nov. 19, at Bagram

  • Bagram CMRE team prepares assets for future use

    Senior Airman Jack Bragg, right, 455th Expeditionary Logistics Squadron vehicle operator, deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., and Staff Sgt. Christopher Sumner, Central Command Materiel Recovery Element team member, deployed from Little Rock AFB, Ark., prepare to consolidate aircraft ground

  • Maintainers keep Hercules in the fight

    Senior Airman Jesse Anocibar, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, removes a bolt on a C-130 Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2015. The 455th EAMXS is responsible for repairing and maintaining military aircraft on

  • Command post Airmen are eyes, ears for Bagram

    Nestled inside the confines of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing headquarters building lies a small room with no windows, with a non-descript door, yet an immense responsibility.“Overall, we are the eyes, ears and voice for the wing commander,” said Master Sgt. Daniel Mujica, 455th AEW Command Post

  • Bagram PERSCO is all about ‘Getting faces in places’

    With Airmen, civilians and contractors coming and going to Bagram Airfield every day, someone has to keep accountability and ensure manning levels are being maintained.  That is where the small Personnel Support of Contingency Operations team of nine manages the nearly 4,000 personnel who arrive to