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  • Photo essay: Getting some shade

    A flying crew chief relaxes under the giant shadow of a C-5 Galaxy away from the hot sun while he waits for engine start Sept. 13, 2010 at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The C-5 is moving vehicles and equipment no longer needed in Iraq, due to the drawdown, back to the U.S., or Afghanistan.

  • Deployed air refueling unit helps fuel the Afghanistan surge

    On Dec. 1, 2009, President Barack Obama announced that an additional 30,000 troops would be sent to Afghanistan to help stabilize the country. Whether it be in support of airlift missions or combat operations, aircraft fuel delivered by the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron from a

  • Little Rock marriage seminar opens lines of communication

    Team Little Rock Airmen and their spouses attended a one-day marriage seminar Aug. 31, 2010, where they learned how to strengthen relationships through better communication.The base chapel sponsored the seminar at the Holiday Inn Presidential in Little Rock.The seminar wasn't intended as therapy for

  • Bagram fuels Airmen double fuel storage capacity

    Airmen assigned to 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants flight provide the fuel to aircraft that supply close air support to the warfighter on the ground every day.The POL Airmen drastically expanded their capacity to deliver fuel Tuesday by installing a new 200,000 gallon

  • Contingency response element providing critical airlift support in Pakistan

    More than 30 members from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, arrived at Chaklala Air Force Base, Pakistan, to provide additional manpower, equipment and organization to current flood relief operations out of Pakistan Air Force's Central Flood Relief

  • Deployed aircrew brings relief to flood-torn Pakistan

    As Air Force operations in support of flood relief operations in Pakistan resumed, aircrew and support personnel from the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia prepared to forward deploy to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to ease the workload of the local

  • Security forces Airmen receive Bronze Star

    Technical Sgts. Steven Ostrander and Robert Fitzpatrick, both assigned to the 62nd Security Forces Squadron, received Bronze Star medals Aug. 18 for their leadership, forward thinking and technical knowledge during their deployments supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. "These men are heroes," said