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  • 4 EFS: Eyes in the skies

    Members of the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron from HillAir Force Base, Utah, assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group hereprepared F-16 Fighting Falcons and secured the skies of Afghanistan during amission Jan. 9.The F-16 is a multi-role fighter aircraft thatprovides air superiority

  • 455 EMXS: Making airpower possible

    Since the Air Force’sinception nearly 70 years ago, the image of aircraft overhead and the roar ofjet engines may have fostered feelings of patriotism and instilled an indeliblesense of security in many Americans.Working behind the scenesto ensure citizens have placed their faith in a steadfast

  • Army CSM tours 455 AEW

    U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Gilpin, CombinedJoint Task Force 3 United States Forces Afghanistan, visited several squadronsthroughout the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Jan. 6. Throughout the tour,Gilpin received mission briefs from squadron leadership and became morefamiliar with Air Force

  • 455 EAPS furls colors

    Ringing in not only a new year, but a new era of retrogradeoperations, the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron was inactivated duringa ceremony here Jan. 1.Ina time honored tradition, Lt. Col. Christopher Carmichael, 455 EAPS commander,relinquished command of the squadron to Col. Michael

  • Airmen talk with AF’s top enlisted leader

    Two Airmen deployed to Air Forces Central Command and theirloved ones back home were on the receiving end of holiday phone calls fromChief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody, the Air Force’s highestenlisted leader, Dec. 24.Airman 1st Class Frank Perez-Castillo, 455th ExpeditionarySecurity

  • BACN mission aims for record-breaking year

    Members assigned to the 430th Expeditionary ElectronicCombat Squadron, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, recently exceeded 10,000flight hours for 2014, an accomplishment which has only been done twice sincethe Battlefield Airborne Communication Node (BACN) mission’s inception in 2008.The BACN program

  • CSAF visits Bagram, connects with Airmen

    U.S. AirForce Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, spent a portion of hisvisit to the Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility engaging with airmen,NCOs and officers during an Airman’s Call here Dec. 15.Duringthe visit, which included the chief of staff’s wife, Betty, Welsh spoke

  • Practice makes perfect: CASF team hones lifesaving skills

    Medical Technicians assigned to the 455th ExpeditionaryMedical Group’s Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility participated in atraining scenario designed to refine skills and streamline critical transportprocesses here, Dec. 6.The training allowed CASF Airmen to get additional hands-ontraining

  • RED HORSE Squadron paves way

    Airmenassigned to the 557th Expeditionary Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy OperationalRepair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) Squadron from Hurlburt Field, Florida, workedinto the night completing construction of Munitions Road here Dec. 2.Theroad, locally known as Muns or Ammo Road, was developed to

  • COMACC visits BAF

    U.S. Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air CombatCommand, spent Thanksgiving engaging with Airmen during his visit to the 455thAir Expeditionary Wing, Nov. 27 and 28. It was his first visit to the basesince assuming his position as the head of the Combat Air Forces. Carlisle was briefed by