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  • 621st CRG trains with West Virginia Guard

    Airmen assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Group spent four days training with and working alongside Airmen with the West Virginia Air National Guard Aug. 20-23 in Charleston, West Virginia.The three-day training at the Camp Branch Landing Zone enabled the 621st CRG Airmen to increase their

  • Wounded Warrior finds purpose in sharing story

    On Oct. 11, 2015, Col. Laurel Burkel was rescued from the mangled wreckage of the helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Burkel lived to tell her story, but Maj. Phyllis Pelky, Master Sgt. Greg Kuhse, and three NATO partners were lost. Recently, she shared her story of resiliency during a Wounded Warrior

  • Air Force ramps up flying ICU teams

    When the U.S. military needs to transport critically injured patients by air, it calls on Air Force Critical Care Air Transport Teams. The Air Force is increasing CCATT capabilities to meet the needs of the warfighter.

  • Expeditionary Center commander visits 521 AMOG’s en route squadrons

    Maj. Gen. Christopher Bence, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, recently completed a nine-day visit with the 521st Air Mobility Operations Group’s Total Force Airmen stationed at four squadrons pivotal to Air Mobility Command’s en route system in Southwest Asia.Bence’s visit to each of

  • 386th ELRS enhances passenger terminal experience

    SOUTHWEST ASIA — The 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, in partnership with the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, recently implemented new structural and processing changes to their passenger terminal.

  • C-17 crews help realign assets to Afghanistan

    A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, transports troops and equipment to forward operating locations through the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

  • 774th EAS loadmaster ensures safe delivery of pax, cargo

    BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Extensive coordination goes into planning any U.S. Air Force flight. This rings especially true when transporting people and supplies from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to austere airstrips throughout the country.Assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron,

  • 5th EAMS supports AMC aircraft

    The 5th EAMS is responsible for the aerial port of debarkation and maintains staged C-17 aircraft, as well as providing en route maintenance and support for transient C-17 and C-5 aircraft flying in and out of Iraq, Afghanistan and Southwest Asia. This mission requires them to manage the APOD at