Photo by Capt. Keenan Kunst | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.01.2017
An E-11 Battlefield Airborne Communications Node sits on the flightline at Kandahar Airfield (KAF), Afghanistan, Aug. 1, 2017. The E-11 BACN is a vital airborne signal relay, enabling real-time communications between friendly forces in the air and on the ground. There are only four E-11 aircraft in the Air Force and they operate around the clock, 24/7, ensuring Air Force and coalition......
Photo by Capt. Keenan Kunst | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.01.2017
An E-11 Battlefield Airborne Communications Node awaits its next mission at Kandahar Airfield (KAF), Afghanistan, Aug. 1, 2017. The E-11 BACN is a vital airborne signal relay, enabling real-time communications between friendly forces in the air and on the ground. There are only four E-11 aircraft in the Air Force, operating a 24-hour, "no-fail" mission. All four E-11s belong to the 430th......
Photo by Capt. Keenan Kunst | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.01.2017
Two MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft sit in a hangar at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 1, 2017. The MQ-9 Reaper is an armed, medium-altitude airframe; it's primary role is the delivery of kinetic strikes, but it is also used to collect intelligence and provide surveillance. The MQ-9 fleet of the 451st Air Expeditionary Group is maintained and operated by both active duty Airmen and......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 01.05.2017
Tech. Sgt. Jason Caswell, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-130 Hercules debrief NCO-in-charge, stands in a C-130 hangar at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2017. After a sports injury in 2010, Caswell underwent a year of surgeries, two years of painful limb-recovery therapy, followed by physical therapy. In October 2014, his limb still hadn’t healed and began to......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 12.03.2016
Capts. Nicholas Bonner and David Tart, 455th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron pilots, pose with a University of Idaho flag in front of a C-130J Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2016. Bonner is a Boise, Idaho native, and Tart is a Couer d’Alene, Idaho native. Both graduated from the University of Idaho in 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 11.05.2016
Master Sgt. Ben, 62nd Reconnaissance Squadron sensor operator, poses in front of an MQ-9 Reaper at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan Nov. 5, 2016. Ben is a native of the Philippines and became a U.S. citizen while serving in the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa)...
Courtesy Photo | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.30.2014
U.S. Air Force Col. Rhude Cherry, 451st Air Expeditionary Group commander gives command of the 451st Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron to Lt. Col. James Mansard during an activation ceremony Sept. 30, 2014, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Cherry activated the squadron when he uncased the 451 EOSS guidon. With the 451 AEG being the Senior Airfield Authority, the mission of the 451......
