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  • Weapon maintainers arm the Pave Hawk “So Others May Live”

    When a Guardian Angel team assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron takes off on a combat rescue mission here they do so knowing their weapon systems are good to go.The 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadrons HH-60G Pave Hawk weapon system maintainers work to keep the Pave Hawks

  • Weather team relays forecast readings to Bagram F-16 Pilots

    The 555th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron’s weather team’s job is to make sure weather updates are relayed to the F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots and leadership to ensure pilots are conducting safe flying missions.Upon the start of their day, the weather team checks a full satellite image of Afghanistan;

  • 455th AEW commander, command chief visit Jalalabad Airfield

    (Editor’s Note: the last name of certain Airmen are withheld in accordance with operational security requirements)Brig. Gen. Dave Julazadeh, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Matt Grengs, 455th AEW command chief, visited the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron,

  • Legal Office: dedicated to helping deployed Airmen

    The 455th Air Expeditionary Wing legal office is dedicated to helping Airmen with legal issues they may have back home and or while during their deployment here.While many may associate Air Force legal offices with courts-martials and discharges, the legal team here wants Airmen to understand their

  • Deployed Airman works towards dream, one project at a time

    Senior Airman Carl Vanlandingham, 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron structural journeyman, always knew he wanted to be a carpenter and welder.At the age of 12, Vanlandingham built his first project. After seeing how talented he was with his hands, he proceeded to experiment and built

  • Guardian Angels perform HALO jump

    A U.S. Air Force Pararescueman with a Guardian Angel team assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron gathers his parachute after landing during High Altitude Low Opening jump training at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 18, 2015. The 83rd ERQS mission is to rescue, recover, and return

  • 455th AEW Commander visits Guardian Angels

    U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Dave Julazadeh, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, center, speaks with an HH-60 pilot assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron during an immersion tour at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 16, 2015. Julazadeh took part in a training mission with the 83 ERQS

  • ‘1000s of Hands’ Project: 455th EAS SrA Greg Falannigan

    Senior Airman Greg Flannigan, 455th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron aircrew flight equipment journeyman, is responsible for making sure C-130 aircrews are supplied with lifesaving equipment prior to flying a mission here. Flannigan inspects and maintains all the lifesaving equipment that pilots and

  • SARM team keeps BAF pilots mission ready

    The 555th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Aviation Resource Management team works closely with Bagram F-16 pilots, ensuring they are current and qualified to fly their combat missions here.The SARMs team is responsible for tracking flight hours for each pilot, as well as making sure each flyer is

  • “Viper” weapon loaders on the line

    Before an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft goes on a combat sortie here, Airmen with the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s “Viper” weapons flight ensure the aircraft are armed and ready to complete their combat mission.They provide aircraft with the weapons needed and make sure that