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  • CASF: Sending Heroes Home

    The state-of-the-art Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield is widely recognized as the premier medical facility in Afghanistan. CJTH treats about 4,000 patients each month - as many as 130 war-related injuries each day - yet more than 95% of their patients survive. The hospital has the

  • Hiding in plain sight

    The Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance community likes its privacy. ISR is also well-known for their use of new technologies. The MC-12 Liberty might be the epitome of ISR character. The ISR community began using the MC-12 in early 2009, and introduced it to Bagram Airfield later that

  • Vipers make a brief return to Bagram

    With several years of experience hosting the F-16 Fighting Falcon, Bagram Airfield is no stranger to the versatile multirole fighter. The proven aircraft which faithfully served with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing made a short return to Bagram last week as Airmen made improvements to Kandahar

  • Bagram E-9’s promote joint partnership during 455 AEW tour

    Having an E-9 enter a workspace is normally a nerve-wracking experience for any young Airman. But tempers were cool and spirits were high as a joint team of more than a dozen Chief Master Sergeants and Sergeants Major made their ways through several 455th Air Expeditionary Wing units at Bagram

  • Honoring the Strongest 4-year-old on Earth

    When 3-year-old Dyrk Burcie was diagnosed with terminal cancer, all his parents had the strength to do was hold him. Dyrk's fourth year of life was filled with painful and complicated chemotherapy treatments and tests, countless hours in hospitals and doctors' offices, and a liver transplant. Dameon

  • Behind the Boom: Ammo Airmen Deliver Firepower

    The A-10 Thunderbolt II is one of the primary fighting platforms in Operation Enduring Freedom. It uniquely combines the abilities of maintaining low speeds, high maneuverability at low altitudes, and overwhelming firepower into a rugged fighting machine. But even the mighty aircraft affectionately