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  • C-130 maintainers keep 'em flying

    Every day, Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron are performing essential repairs to C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft.C-130s generally spend a year here while crews rotate in and out.Tech Sgt. Michael Raver, 455th AMXS dedicated crew chief, said that the crews currently

  • Team Bagram honors fallen Airmen

    The majority of the Airmen assigned to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, live on Camp Cunningham, a camp named after Pararescueman Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham, who gave his life in Afghanistan while saving 10 lives and making it possible for seven others who were killed to come home. He was

  • Ammo's knuckle draggers: A badge of honor

    Munitions specialists from the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron provide the munitions required to safeguard the troops on the ground. These ammo troops from Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., take pride in being called "knuckle draggers" and understand the importance of their mission in the AOR.

  • Bagram doctors share skills with Afghan counterparts

    Even in the midst of conflict, it is important to keep an eye toward the future.To that end, the Craig Joint Theater Hospital here has trained more than 40 Afghan doctors and nurses as part of the Afghan Trauma Mentorship Program."The goal is to train Afghan health care providers to be able to

  • Afghan policemen train on Bagram

    As retrograde operations continue apace, a group of Afghan National Police members came here Feb. 25 for a three-day course in counter-improvised explosive device awareness."As we slowly transition and the [Afghan National Security Forces] have the lead ... they're out there daily patrolling," said

  • Bagram honors its newest chiefs

    The 455th Air Expeditionary Wing recognized three of its members who have been selected for promotion to the rank of chief master sergeant.Honored that night were Senior Master Sgts. Sydney Parker, Wendy Ragnone and Shane Sandlin.The ceremony was the brainchild of Chief Master Sgts. Joseph Thompson

  • Bagram bodybuilders: push it to the limit

    Bodybuilding is not a race, it's a marathon.Airmen got a chance to show off their hard work and dedication to fitness as they participated in a bodybuilding competition open to all servicemembers and civilians on Bagram Airfield.The arena was packed with spectators as the bodybuilders prepared