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  • ‘1000s of Hands Project’: 455th EMXS SSgt. William Reibsome

    Staff Sgt. William Reibsome, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron F-16 aircraft maintainer, keeps Bagram’s F-16 fighter aircraft in the air by performing routine maintenance on the aircraft as well as running tests and changing out tires periodically to keep missions and sorties going. In the

  • Bagram manages weather radar system for wide part of Afghanistan

    The weather flight here holds the responsibility of managing the only weather radar system that impacts a wide swath of the rugged country of Afghanistan, impacting operations from Bagram to Kabul to Jalalabad. Having the responsibility of managing the region’s weather radar, the 455th Expeditionary

  • ‘1000s of Hands Project’: 455th Defender A1C Tyler Simpson

    Airman 1st Class Tyler Simpson, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron combat patrolman, ensures the safety of the base by performing flightline security and monitoring all personnel entering the flightline. Simpson’s core task of patrolling the flight line allows aircraft to safely land and

  • Fuel testing keeps planes in the fight

    The 455th Expeditionary Logistics Squadron Fuels Laboratory has the critical task of ensuring the fuel that keeps the airplanes in the sky and in the fight is free of contamination.They do this task by conducting fuel sample analysis ensuring that the fuel delivered to aircraft on the line here

  • Bagram cryogenics puts the air in airpower

    LOX is not only critical to the F-16 pilots stationed here, but is also used by cargo aircraft pilots and crews in case of an in-flight emergency and for the medical evacuation mission.Being in a deployed environment helps the Airmen in the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Cryogenics

  • ‘1000s of Hands’ project highlights Vulture Airmen’s contributions

    In an effort to highlight the contributions of 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen who bring decisive airpower in support of NATO’s Resolute Support mission and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, the wing is launching the “1000s of Hands” project.Brig. Gen. Mark D. Kelly, 455th AEW commander, said every

  • 3+2+1 = Check 6

    To ensure Airmen can defend themselves where they live and work, every new 455th Air Expeditionary Wing member is enrolled in an active shooter/insider threat awareness program called Check 6.Check 6 teaches Airmen to be aware of their surroundings at all times, and most importantly how to defend

  • An Airman’s journey from Kazakhstan to OTS

    An Airman from the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, Al Udied Air Base, Qatar, was recently selected to attend Officer Training School while forward deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.Growing up in Kazakhstan when it was a former Soviet republic, Senior Airman Aigerim Akhmetova, 8th

  • Childhood friends reunite on deployment

    It’s not every day servicemembers can say they got the opportunity to deploy with a friend they grew up with. For two Airmen here that is exactly what happened after not seeing each other for 18 years.Growing up only minutes away from each other in Vacaville, Cali., Maj. Gregory Savella, 455th

  • 455th Defenders train, honor comrades during National Police Week

    Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron performed exercises and demonstrations as part of National Police week May 11 -17.National Police week, which was established in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy, is observed in recognition of the service and sacrifice that members of