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774th EAS conducts first combat airdrop in two-and-a-half years
Aug 30, 2017 - Months of planning and weeks of preparing culminates to an airdrop lasting a few seconds. While the time and effort that goes into planning a combat airdrop may seem long for something that lasts less than a minute, for the ground troops, the equipment they received will have a lasting impact. [Read more...]
Afghan Air Force conducts bilateral missions with coalition forces
Jul 10, 2017 - Personnel from the Train, Advise, Assist, Command – Air (TAAC-Air) and the Afghan Air Force conducted a bilateral casualty evacuation mission and an aerial re-supply training exercise July 9-10. [Read more...]
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EC-130s maintain constant presence in Afghanistan 15 years later
Jan 19, 2017 - All around the dimly-lit tent are enduring symbols of a constant presence. A name scrawled across a wooden wall, a lengthy list of deployment dates written underneath, updated year after year. A library stacked with books and games to pass the time. A built-in couch labeled “Snooze Town.” [Read more...]
Dyess airmen deploy to Afghanistan
Jan 13, 2017 - Airmen and aircraft assigned to the 39th Airlift Squadron deployed January 6 and 7, 2017 to Afghanistan to conduct tactical airlift missions. [Read more...]
One year later: Torque 62 remembered
Oct 02, 2016 - Airmen from across Bagram gathered together to remember those lost when a C-130J Super Hercules, call-sign Torque 62, crashed on departure from Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan one year ago. Six Airmen and five contractors were lost on October 2, 2015. [Read more...]
Vital Afghan AF support continues
Apr 22, 2016 - When two C-130H aircraft arrived at Robins in the fall of 2013, each would play a significant role nearly two years later in a country over 7,000 miles away. [Read more...]
Accident report for Jalalabad C-130J crash released
Apr 15, 2016 - Air Mobility Command has released the results of an accident investigation that examined what caused the Oct. 2, crash of C-130J-30 #08-3174 during a takeoff from Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, which killed all 11 individuals onboard and three Afghan Special Reaction Force (ASRF) members on the ground. [Read more...]
C-130J crashes in Afghanistan
Oct 01, 2015 - US Defence officials have said a C-130J belonging to the USAF has crashed near Jalalabad in the east of Afghanistan in the early hours of Friday morning, local time. [Read more...]
Fourth C-130 touches down in Kabul
Jun 22, 2015 - A C-130 Hercules touched down at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, June 20, bringing expanded flight capabilities to the Afghan Air Force. [Read more...]
Afghan Air Force completes first-ever C-130 flight
Jun 19, 2014 - The Afghan Air Force marked another major step in their military growth with its first all-Afghan aircrew C-130 Hercules mission on June 16, 2014. [Read more...]
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