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Mobility Airmen assist first responders after Kabul airport attack
Four Airmen deployed with the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron at Bagram Airfield sprang into action following a Jan. 4 terrorist attack on a compound in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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0
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1/10
2016
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Building Afghan air force command, control hub from ground-up
Imagine an orchestra without a conductor. The tempo would be off, the performers with their instruments would not be on the same sheet of music, and the melody would be unpleasant to the ear.
Now imagine an Air Force base without a wing operations center, the command and control center for emergency responses. The tempo would be off -- the pilots in their aircraft and the support personnel on the ground would not communicate and it would be chaotic, ultimately not being on the same sheet of music.
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9/25
2015
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Airmen share knowledge, experience to better Afghanistan’s air force
Airmen assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing recently traveled to Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, to assist Train, Advice, Assist Command-Air with training and validating the Afghanistan air force’s aircrew flight equipment section.
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9/01
2015
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TAAC-Air advisors provide C-130 medevac training to Afghan medics
Ten Afghan National Army flight medics and one flight nurse did hands-on training in a C-130H Hercules at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, July 9.
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7/15
2015
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Overcoming fear: Airman’s training takes over during firefight
The bad guys, however, were not sleeping. Under the cover of darkness, a small force determined to attack the Kabul Airport and Afghan air force Base next to it, took over a multi-story building under construction just north of the target. Armed with multiple rocket propelled grenades, automatic weapons, suicide vests, and a vehicle rigged to explode, the attackers crept up to the rooftop and prepared to unleash hell.
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4
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7/27
2014
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