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Come rain, dust storms, extreme heat or cold, flightline operations in the Air Force must go on. This is especially true in the U.S. Air Force Central Command area of responsibility where troops downrange are awaiting reinforcements and supplies.
02.08.10, Story by Staff Sgt. Lindsey Maurice
Every time 1st Lt. Matthew Simpkins starts up the engines of a KC-10 Extender from his deployed location, the tanker "driver" says he knows he's making a difference for the troops on the ground.
02.07.10, Story by Tech. Sgt. Scott Sturkol
Senior Airman Christopher Tolliver is a force protection escort for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. Force protection escorts are charged with monitoring and safeguarding local and third country nationals working on base. Tolliver is deployed from the 9th Maintenance Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, Fla., and his hometown is Lincoln, Neb.
01.30.10, Story by Tech. Sgt. Scott Sturkol
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Matthew Simpkins is a KC-10 Extender co-pilot deployed to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. The first lieutenenant is deployed from the 9th Air Refueling Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and flies the Air Force's largest tanker -- an air refueling giant capable of holding more than 55,000 gallons of fuel. His hometown is Highland, Calif.
01.29.10, Story by Tech. Sgt. Scott Sturkol
Lt. Col. Kevin R. Kirkpatrick is the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron Chief of U-2 Mission Planning at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. A 28-year veteran of the Air Force, Colonel Kirkpatrick and fellow Airmen from the 99th ERS plan and monitor daily U-2 missions supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. He is deployed from the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., and he is a resident of Penn Valley, Calif.
01.27.10, Story by Tech. Sgt. Scott Sturkol
Capt. (Dr.) Kieran Dhillon-Davis is the clinical psychologist and chief of mental health for the 380th Expeditionary Medical Group at a non-disclosed location in Southwest Asia. Dhillon-Davis earned her doctorate of psychology from Loma Linda University, Calif., in 2006 and has been in the Air Force for five years. She is deployed from the 82nd Medical Operations Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, and her hometown is Redlands, Calif.
01.22.10, Story by Tech. Sgt. Scott Sturkol
Master Sgt. John Prudente, the U-2 maintenance production superintendent in the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia, is deployed from the 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. His hometown is New York City.
01.21.10, Story by Tech. Sgt. Scott Sturkol
A 14 and a half year veteran of the Air Force, Colonel Richardson said she is proud to be able to serve in the Air Force and the military in a deployed environment.
01.16.10, Story by Tech. Sgt. Scott Sturkol
Staff Sgt. Genevie A. Navarro, a security forces craftsman and installation patrolman at a non-disclosed location in Southwest Asia with the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, works in the base's vehicle search area. A five year veteran of the Air Force deployed from 95th Security Forces Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., she said she thoroughly searches vehicles entering U.S. controlled areas from unsecure locations and prevents the introduction of illegal weapons, contraband and explosive devices.
01.16.10, Courtesy Story
An old military maxim says, "An army marches on its stomach, not its feet." The Forward Operating Base Wilson dining facility has two armies, American and Canadian, to feed and keep marching to their missions in southern Afghanistan's Zhari District.
12.09.09, Story by Pvt. Luke Rollins
Mike Sanders has climbed from Alaska to Argentina. From Mount Mckinley, the highest point in North America, to Mount Aconcogua, the highest point in the Western Hemisphere.
11.17.09, Story by Sgt. Christopher Klutts
Entrusted with the mission of training U.S. Forces to win the wars of tomorrow, Blackhorse Troopers draw on skills from the past.
10.23.09, Story by Sgt. Christopher Klutts
Sailors from Camp Lemonnier delivered clothing, donated by Carter's, to villagers in need in District Seven, Nov. 6.
11.06.09, Story by Master Sgt. Carlotta Holley
A gathering of more than 2,000 at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento helped honor the legacies of seven air crewmen who were aboard a Coast Guard C-130 when it collided with a Marine Corps AH-1W helicopter off the coast of San Clemente Island, Calif., Oct. 30.
11.06.09, Courtesy Story
Five popular cartoonists and caricaturists on a tour sponsored by the United Service Organizations and the National Cartoonists Society entertained troops at the main dining facility at Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Oct. 20.
10.20.09, Story by Capt. Murray Shugars
When browsing through http://www.savealifetour.com, facts are given regarding alcohol related vehicle accidents, such as the fact that more than 500,000 people are killed or injured every year due to an alcohol related crash. Those numbers equate to someone being killed or injured every 60 seconds.
10.30.09, Story by Cpl. Monica Erickson
This is the first year of "Operation Rising Star" in Afghanistan according to Army Sgt. 1st Class Marvin Williams, the host and coordinator of the show. Operation Rising Star is a joint American Idol-type singing competition. Much like the original show, contestants sing weekly, receive feedback from a panel of judges and then at the end of the show the audience votes for their favorite singer.
10.30.09, Story by Senior Airman Susan Tracy
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