06/07/2014: Aircrew with the 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing flew the E-3 Sentry AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) over Afghanistan on April 5, 2014 to provide airborne surveillance, command, control, and communications functions to aerial forces in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Credit:U.S. Air…
05/22/2014: A rugged mountain range surrounds Bagram Air Field on three sides, including this mountain on the north end of the runway. There were strong winds at Bagram Air Field the morning of Feb. 15, 2014, which enabled the normal haze in the valley to clear. [slidepress gallery='flying-from-bagram-air-field'] Credit:455th Air…
04/15/2014: The Marines and sailors of CLB-7 were instrumental in retrograding more than 302,000 pounds of equipment and supplies and the last of the Marines and sailors of SFAAT 4-215 back to Camp Leatherneck from FOB Delaram II. Delaram II has been a major USMC base on the border of…
03/28/2014: Medevac does not stop for snow as Spc. Jimmy Rop, top, and Spc. James Verlander, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chiefs with Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, prepare to de-ice this helicopter after a snowfall at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2014. [slidepress gallery='the-unstoppable-medevac']…
03/12/2014: In this slideshow, Apaches from from C Company “Blue Max”, 1st Attack/
Reconnaissance Battalion, Task Force Phoenix, prepare to and then conduct an armed aerial escort mission Dec. 13, over Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. [slidepress gallery='10th-cab-attack-weapons-team'] Credit:10th Combat Aviation Brigade:12/13/13
03/08/2014: A 10th Combat Aviation Brigade UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter from C Company “War Lords”, 2nd Battalion (Assault), Task Force Knighthawk, makes its approach into Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan Dec. 13, to refuel while conducting a reconnaissance mission over eastern Afghanistan. The final photos show a 10th Combat Aviation…
03/05/2014: According to a Stars and Stripes piece written by John Vandiver published 2/5/14: Afghanistan-bound U.S. troops departed from the military’s new transit hub in Romania this week, marking a first for the new facility, which will play a key role as the United States draws down in Afghanistan in…
02/23/2014: U.S. Marines and Navy Corpsmen with 2nd Marine Aircraft (Forward) conduct a casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) rehearsal from Helmand Province, Afghanistan on March 31, 2013. The rehearsal was executed in order to train and prepare Marines and Sailors for a real CASEVAC scenario. The Osprey provides significant advantages versus helos for…
