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Munitions Airmen provide the means for combat airpower
Munitions Airmen assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron make an impact at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, every day by building the weapons needed for the combat airpower mission.
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6/20
2015
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Living the American Dream
Senior Airman Vadim Poleanschi, a 386th Expeditionary Logistic Readiness Squadron logistics specialist, felt the burden, whether he understood it or not. Poleanschi was born after the Soviet Union fell apart in a country called the Republic of Moldova, an Eastern European country landlocked between Romania and Ukraine. He spent his childhood hungry, poor and faced an uncertain future.
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6/17
2015
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Maintenance key to combat airpower mission
Maintainers deployed to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing from their home station at Aviano Air Base, Italy, are always at work maintaining a squadron of combat-ready F-16 Fighting Falcons.
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6/13
2015
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Lt. Gen. Hesterman III: ISIL fears coalition airpower
“We know from our intelligence that (ISIL) fears coalition airpower,” said Lt. Gen. John Hesterman III, the Combined Forces Air Component commander. “Since Aug. 8, coalition airpower has significantly degraded (ISIL’s) ability to organize, project and sustain combat power while taking exceptional care to limit collateral damage and civilian casualties.”
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3
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6/11
2015
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Silent Sentry meets a decade of interstellar combat support
Operation Silent Sentry was part of a proof of concept system in 2005. Back then, several Airmen were deployed to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, for 120 days. The mission was to test the capabilities of a new defensive counter-space system in support of joint warfighters in the area of responsibility and then leave once testing was complete. The capability was proven to be valuable in the protection of U.S. Central Command’s satellite networks, and 10 years later, OSS is still in business, and business is good.
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3
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6/08
2015
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Maintaining the vehicles that move the mission
Imagine unloading 60,000 pounds of cargo by hand. Aircraft missions, personnel movements and supply distributions would come to a screeching halt. The time and resources necessary to accomplish such a task would be detrimental to the mission.
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6/01
2015
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Running on High Octane: POL fuels support, combat operations
It’s 9 a.m. and even though it’s already 100 degrees outside, the temperature continues to climb.
Chatter comes across the radio for a fuel request and Airman 1st Class Arnaldo, a fuels distribution operator, wipes the sweat off his face, hops into his R-12 Refueler and heads to the flightline. To most, this is just another ordinary day, but for Arnaldo, the mission he is performing makes it anything but ordinary.
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5/28
2015
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Air Force puts spotlight on fall protection
Air Force Ground Safety sponsored Fall Protection Focus weeks from May 4-15 to raise awareness of fall hazards as well as how to mitigate fall-related accidents.Safety officials in Southwest Asia organized a fall protection demonstration to educate base personnel on proper preclimb procedures.
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5/13
2015
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48-hour battle results in AF Cross, Silver Star medals
Three special tactics combat controllers were awarded the Air Force Cross and two Silver Star medals here May 6, for extraordinary heroism and gallantry in the face of danger while on a deployment to Afghanistan in September 2014.
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5/07
2015
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Health specialists keep forces active
It’s an everyday routine for Airmen and other base personnel to pour into the dining facility for their daily intake of breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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5/06
2015
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