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  • Peachtree 10k shadow race held on Bagram

    The morale, welfare and recreation office coordinated with the Atlanta Track Club to host an overseas shadow race for the Peachtree 10-kilometer road race on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 4. More than 600 runners took part in the event, which provided participating runners with an official ATC

  • Electricians light up the flightline

    Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan is home to the Department of Defense's single busiest runway, transiting over two-thousand aircraft movements per a month. A three-man airfield lighting team comprised of Tech. Sgt. Justin Lotero, Blake Moulden and Staff Sgt. Paul Izyk assigned to the 455th Expeditionary

  • Reapers discover IED through keen eyes, alertness

    Most Airmen can mentally rewind to the Combat Airman Skills Training course and recall the frustration and apprehension of not being able to locate all the improvised-explosive devices set out in the training lanes. Because the training is so realistic, at first, most Airmen trigger the training

  • 'Warrior of the Week' Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Chavez

    Chief Master Sgt. Steve Bohannon, Command Chief Master Sergeant of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, presents the "Warrior of the Week" award to Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Chavez, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing NCO in charge console operations, on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 26. Chavez, who is

  • Egyptian field hospital re-opens on Bagram Airfield

    A ceremonial ribbon-cutting ushered in a new era as the doors to the El Salam Egyptian field hospital were officially re-opened on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 22.The field hospital had been closed as the unit there prepared for performing their changeover and equipment accountability

  • At your service

    The Bagram first sergeants took their turn at serving dinner to the service members and civilians at the Dragon dining facility on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 21. "This is a monthly volunteer effort by the first sergeants here that shows they are taking care of their people," said Chief

  • Moody A-10 pilots first to field target system downrange

    For more than a few years pilots have relied on sophistical tracking equipment to locate and disable an enemy or precisely take out an area harboring terrorists in a densely populated village. To aid Air Force pilots in their operations they have been continuously provided with the best equipment in

  • 'Warrior of the Week' Airman 1st Class Michael Brown

    Chief Master Sgt. Steve Bohannon, Command Chief Master Sergeant of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, presents the "Warrior of the Week" award to Airman 1st Class Michael Brown, 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130E/H loadmaster, on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 20. Brown, who is stationed

  • The last to let you down

    The six members assigned to the 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron aircrew flight equipment section here work 24 hours a day maintaining, repairing and ensuring that gear for 40 pilots fits properly for their upcoming missions. The aircrew flight equipment members have to know many pieces of

  • Fly-away security teams stay vigilant for mission-critical assets

    Rifle at the ready, eyes watchful and wary, sweat beads form on the brow and trickle down the chin, exhaust fumes and gritty sand fill the nose, words can barely be heard over the whine of engines, yet the airmen of the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron's Fly-Away Security Teams maintain