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  • D-M Airmen deploy in support of Operation Enduring Freedom

    Nearly 300 Airmen and a number of A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 355th Fighter Wing here deployed to Afghanistan last week to support Operation Enduring Freedom. The wing deployed pilots, maintainers and support personnel primarily from the 354th Fighter Squadron and the 355th Maintenance

  • The 355th Fighter Wing makes deployment history

    Airmen from the 355th Fighter Wing made Air Force history last week by deploying the first A-10C aircraft and maintenance support elements to Afghanistan. The bulk of the deployment occurred Saturday with more than 100 personnel, primarily from the 355th Maintenance group departing on a chartered

  • D-M Security Forces working to keep roads safe from impaired drivers

    Davis-Monthan personnel may be stopped at sobriety checkpoints here this weekend through Labor Day weekend. . The 355th Security Forces squadron will institute sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. in support of the 101 Critical Days of Summer and the 2009 "You Drink

  • BLOG: INDIRECT FIRE -- Hazy and transient

    Landing in Southwest Asia. Darkness greeting us on the flight line. Diffused runway lights. Stamping paperwork, waiting for briefings. Briefing, briefing, briefing. 5 a.m. sunrise. Filling bags with more equipment. Hungry, not hungry. Tired, wired. Unpacking, repacking short-stay bags. Really,

  • BLOG: INDIRECT FIRE -- Friends, if not family

    Maybe the thing I've loved most about being in the active-duty military is making so many good friends in a lot of different places. They make up the most substantial part of that military "family" I mentioned in the first entry. Unfortunately, the nature of service means you don't stay in the same

  • Airmen in EC-130H unit complete 2,000th combat mission

    An EC-130H Compass Call aircrew here completed their unit's 2,000th combat mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom July 8. The Airmen, assigned to the 41st Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron, provided direct support to coalition ground forces in Afghanistan on the milestone mission.

  • BLOG: INDIRECT FIRE -- 1st entry: Pre-flight turbulence

    Introductions and background first: I'm Staff Sgt. Jacob Richmond ("Jake" from here on out), a member of Davis-Monthan's public affairs team. I'm currently on my way to Iraq, where I'll be deployed for the next six months. Until arriving at D-M in November 2006, I had a different job in the Air

  • American servicemembers, Afghan leaders celebrate girls' school opening

    Haish Saidqi Girls' School in the Panjshir province in Afghanistan resounded with laughter of children for the first time June 23. Panjshir Governor Haji Bahlol dedicated the school-opening ceremony in honor of Lt. Col. Mark E. Stratton II, the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team commander who