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  • Afghan pilots reach new heights with C-130

    Team Little Rock Airmen, at home and downrange, are playing an integral role in standing up the Afghanistan Air Force's C-130 capabilities. Two Afghan pilots completed their nation's first-ever C-130 training flight Sept. 3 here and approximately a month later, Oct. 9, the AAF received its first two

  • Bagram aircrew closes second base together

    The ground below them was desolate and resembled a ghost town. Even the air traffic control tower was empty as a C-130 Hercules landed on Forward Operating Base Salerno's dirt runway to pick up the last service members who would fly out of the base.The six Airmen aboard the C-130 assigned to the

  • Afghan C-130 takes off to a great start

    Just one day after receiving two C-130H aircraft, the Afghan Air Force, alongside NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan advisors, conducted the first mission in the new planes Oct. 10.The first operational mission was flown by both AAF and coalition pilots between Kabul International Airport,

  • Eighteenth Air Force: A Decade of Change

    As it has ever since its 2003 "rebirth" the Eighteenth Air Force continues to change to meet the demands of a dynamic operational environment while staying true to the ethos of "speed, safety, and success" represented in its emblem.One of the earliest and most notable of these changes occurred on

  • C-17 Ops delivers combat cargo

    The members of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, deployed from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., accomplish the air tasking order via passenger transport, ground and aerial delivery to keep deployed operations moving. "The C-17 is an incredible platform," said Capt. Erica McCaslin, 816th EAS C-17

  • Investigation report details causes of FOB Shank C-130 accident

    Air Mobility Command released the results of an investigation on a C-130 accident in Afghanistan May 19 in which there were no fatalities or significant injuries. The Accident Investigation Board report determined that on the C-130's second landing attempt at Forward Operating Base Shank, the

  • Last cargo mission out of FOB Sharana

    The aircrew of "Growler 51" set out a few hours before sunrise Sept. 28 to fly the last of the U.S. cargo out of Forward Operating Base Sharana before the base was officially transferred to the Afghan government. Twelve hours and three round-trip flights later, the 774th Expeditionary Airlift

  • AF movement team oversees retrograde operations

    Staff Sgt. Daniel Hall walked into the air cell room and proclaimed, "I got us a case of Pop-Tarts and they haven't expired yet!" Finding such items on a base in the middle of retrograde is a big deal. Forward Operating Base Salerno's dining facility is down to one hot meal a day and there are no

  • C-17 maintainer awarded Purple Heart

    An Airman from the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was awarded the Purple Heart medal during a ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Sept. 27.Senior Airman Anthony Haupert, 62nd AMXS communications and navigation systems specialist, sustained injuries during a deployment last year to Bagram Air