Airmen build road toward brighter future

Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron and the 577th Expeditionary Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force Squadron teamed up to repair a heavily-traveled road just outside of Bagram Air Field, June 13.Route Safeside, which runs between two local villages, Saka and Payan Janqadam

Father's Day 5k held at Bagram Airfield

The morale, welfare and recreation office on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, hosted an annual Father's Day 5-kilometer run June 16, 2013. More than 600 runners participated in the event, which was run in honor of deployed fathers.

Flying Tigers intelligence mission improves overtime with technology

The 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron "Flying Tigers" have a long history of using timely and accurate intelligence to accomplish its mission, originally using a network of Chinese citizens to detect incoming Japanese aircraft. But as time changed so did their intelligence capturing

Bagram weapons crew rendezvous

The A-10C Thunderbolt II is a specialized ground-attack aircraft which provides close air support to ground forces operating in Afghanistan. The arsenal the aircraft can bring to the fight is only matched by the engineering lethality of each of its loaded ammunitions. The ammunition is the

Father and son duo share deployment together

If people were to look at their last names, they wouldn't be able to tell these two Air Force members were father and son, but for the last eighteen years they have been inseparable, even now on their current deployment.Master Sgt. Gregory McElvaney, assigned to Regional Command East Joint Theater

'Warrior of the Week' Staff Sgt. Kim Noack

Chief Master Sgt. Steve Bohannon, Command Chief Master Sergeant of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, presents the "Warrior of the Week" award to Staff Sgt. Kim Noack, 455th Expeditionary Medical Support Squadron health services management technician, on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 12. Noack,

'Warrior of the Week' Master. Sgt. David Kedzierski

Chief Master Sgt. Steve Bohannon, Command Chief Master Sergeant of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, presents the "Warrior of the Week" award to Master Sgt. David Kedzierski, 755th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Patrol Master, on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 5, 2013. Kedzierski

Bagram force protection program emphasizes the importance of vigilance

There they stood, gathered outside the Base Exchange at 9 p.m. with flash lights in their gloved hands, as they prepare to walk to a destination here they had never been to.These 120 volunteers contribute to decreasing the amount of contraband on the base by participating in an ongoing

'Warrior of the Week' Tech. Sgt. Ferdinand Ramirez

Flying medics provide humanitarian relief

It had all the appearances of being a routine 'bandage' mission for the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron as it landed at Camp Bastion May 27.A regular part of the missions flown by the 455th EAES, 'bandage' missions transport servicemembers to facilities that can provide treatment