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  • Ambassador tours 455 AEW

    AmbassadorDonald Yamamoto, PrincipalDeputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs, visited several squadrons throughout the 455thAir Expeditionary Wing March 7 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Throughout thetour, Yamamoto, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Democratic

  • Bagram remembers Operation Anaconda’s fallen

    “Senior Airman Cunningham,” said Master Sgt. ChrisYoung, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, pausing for a response. “SeniorAirman Jason Cunningham? Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham?”Three times the name was called and three times thecall was answered by deafening silence. Thirteen years have

  • Manpower: Man behind the math

    Having risen to the height of public interest since thecommencement of the Resolute Support Mission in January, the drawdown of U.S.forces in Air Force Central Command has weighed on the minds of many in 2015, butperhaps more heavily on one mind in particular.As the man crunching the numbers here,

  • Two-man CE shop engineers mission success

    The average Air Force Civil Engineer Squadron is comprisedof more than 100 Airmen specializing in disciplines ranging from electrical tostructural engineering. This diversity of skill and strength of numbers enablesthem to complete projects and conduct find and fix operations in situationswhen

  • SecDef thanks servicemembers during first official KAF visit

    During hisfirst week on the job, newly sworn in Secretary of Defense, the Hon. Ashton Carter,traveled to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 22 to thank troops for theirdedication to the Resolute Support Mission and acknowledge the strides they, inconjunction with their coalition and Afghan

  • 455 AEW Chaplain Corps provides religious support throughout AOR

    A Religious Support Team comprised of Airmen assigned to the 455thAir Expeditionary Wing Chaplain Corps made the pilgrimage to Hamid KarzaiInternational Airport in Kabul and Forward Operating Base Oqab to providespiritual care and religious accommodation to Airmen deployed in austereconditions, Feb.

  • Base-wide exercise sharpens emergency preparedness

     U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and Georgian servicemembers participated in a combined joint training exercise Feb. 6, 2015 at BagramAirfield, Afghanistan. The base-wide exercise tested the defensive posture andemergency response preparedness of U.S. and coalition forces here, enhancinginteroperability

  • 85 EIS wires up the warfighter

    Forward deployed from Southwest Asia, Airmen of the 85thEngineering and Installation Squadron from Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi,travel throughout the U.S. Air Force Central Command area of responsibilitycompleting communications ventures required to facilitate secure operationsdownrange.The

  • 455 EOSS: Weathering the storm

    It’s possible that for many, the predictions of weatherforecasters are taken lightly; viewed as information to be considered, buteasily written off with scarce consequences. On an average day, the mostcritical information conveyed by a forecast might be whether it’s advisable tocarry an umbrella or

  • COMKAIA tours 455 AEW

    Turkish Air Force Maj. Gen.  Mehmet Cahit Bakir,Commander of Kabul International Airport, visited several squadrons throughout the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Jan. 22. Throughout the tour, Bakir received mission briefs from squadron leadership and became more familiar with Air Force assets and