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Default Air Force Logo Air Force Medical Service’s Year in Review
In 2015, the doctors, nurses and technicians of the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) made a difference in the Air Force’s mission, while new AFMS technologies and training exercises ensured air and space superiority.
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2015
Service members from several units at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, pay their respects during a fallen comrade ceremony held in honor of six Airmen Dec. 23, 2015. The six Airmen lost their lives in an improvised explosive attack near Bagram Airfield Dec. 21, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys) Bagram honors fallen Airmen
Service members from Bagram Airfield came together Dec. 23 to honor the memories of six Airmen killed in an improvised explosive device attack two days earlier.
0 12/23
2015
Default Air Force Logo Carter expresses regret for loss of 6 US troops in Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has expressed his deep regret over the loss of six U.S. service members killed in a vehicle bomb attack outside Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, yesterday.
1 12/22
2015
An Afghan air force pilot salutes during the playing of the Afghan national anthem at the graduation of the first 81st Fighter Squadron’s student pilot class Dec. 18, 2015, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The 81st FS graduated eight Afghan air force students trained as combat ready attack pilots on the A-29 Super Tucano. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ceaira Tinsley) First A-29 Afghan pilots graduate, ready for combat
A new era for the Afghan air force began Dec. 18, when the 81st Fighter Squadron graduated the first class of A-29 Super Tucano combat-ready attack pilots at Moody Air Force Base.
2 12/21
2015
Members prepare for the Fallen Defenders Ruck to Remember on Dec. 12, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 12-kilometer ruck march honors security forces defenders who have made the ultimate sacrifice in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Joshua Strang) 12 for 12
On the 12th day of the 12th month, service members here took action to ensure 12 security forces defenders were honored with a 12-kilometer ruck march.
0 12/14
2015
Heather Gray sits in front of the headstone for her husband, Maj. David Gray, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Nov. 11, 2015. Her husband was killed in action Aug. 8, 2012, during a deployment to Afghanistan. Heather and her three children moved from Colorado, where David was stationed at Fort Carson, earlier this year for the first time since his death. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Gross) A widow’s story: Living by faith
Just before sunset on Veterans Day, she sat next to her husband’s headstone at Arlington National Cemetery, reminding her three children how their father was with God in heaven and what it means to have faith. Faith has kept Heather Gray moving forward. It’s what has gotten her through the grief and trials she faced after her husband, Maj. David Gray, was killed by a suicide bomber in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 8, 2012.
0 12/04
2015
Airman Morgan Matteson, a 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron munitions flight apprentice, deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, builds a GBU-54 500-pound bomb at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 17, 2015. The ammo flight provides necessary weapons and countermeasures required to project combat airpower. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Rau) Bagram ammo Airmen bring the boom to combat airpower
Filled with tons of bombs, missiles and ammunition, the Airmen of the Munitions Storage Area, or “bomb dump,” provides all the necessary weapons required to project combat airpower.
1 11/24
2015
Capt. Haley Homan, a Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) weather advisor, demonstrates how to use a Kestrel, an instrument to measure temperature, moisture, wind speed and pressure. The Afghan air force weather forecasters participated in the practical exercise and reported weather observations such as visibility, sky condition and wind direction, which the Kestrel cannot sense. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Eydie Sakura) AF captain helps Afghan meteorologists forecast weather changes
Building the Afghan air force from the ground-up takes time, equipment, and capable and professional people to sustain it.
0 11/23
2015
Heidi H. Grant, the Air Force’s deputy undersecretary for international affairs, discusses training and support for the Afghan Ministry of Defense during an Afghanistan delegation visit to the Pentagon, Oct. 27, 2015. In December, four Afghan pilots will complete pilot training on the A-29 Super Tucano. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Hailey Haux) Air Force, Afghan senior leaders discuss defense training
Heidi H. Grant, the Air Force’s deputy undersecretary for international affairs, met with Afghan Maj. Gen. Ghulam Sakhi, of the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, and several of his Afghan delegation members during an Oct. 27 visit to the Pentagon.
0 11/05
2015
Capt. Tyler McBride, the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron chief of safety, deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, shakes hands with Airman 1st Class Christian Lamb, a 555th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, deployed from Aviano Air Base, Italy, before flying his first combat sortie in an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 30, 2015. The 555th EFS, deployed from Aviano AB, is nearing the end of its six-month deployment at Bagram and will hand the reins over to the 421st EFS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford) ‘Black Widows’ arrive at Bagram for final F-16 deployment
Airmen assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron arrived Oct. 28 for its last F-16 Fighting Falcon deployment in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and NATO’s Resolute Support mission as the unit begins to shift to a newer aircraft.
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2015
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