Story by Sgt. David Campos-Contreras | 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 08.29.2023
At first glance, the story of U.S. Army Spc. Rukhsar Yousufi sounds like the story of other Americans that volunteer to serve. Yousufi enlisted at the age of 17, out of Shawnee, Kansas, as a financial management specialist. She currently serves, with Detachment 2, 368th Financial Management Support at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait....
Story by Staff Sgt. Samantha Hircock | 135th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.03.2023
Intensive Care Unit Nurse Manager at the VA Central Iowa Health Care System and Minnesota Air National Guard air transport nurse, Maj. Katie Lunning, with the 133rd Airlift Wing, will be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross January 7 at the 133rd Maintenance Group North Hangar in Saint Paul, Minnesota....
Story by Master Sgt. John Gordinier | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 08.22.2022
August 26 is the anniversary of a suicide bomber attack on Kabul’s airport, killing 13 U.S. service members and dozens of Afghan refugees trying to depart for better opportunities. Capt. Adam Solomon, 22nd Operations Support Squadron airfield operations flight commander, was forward deployed to Kabul during that timeline to control the airspace and provide humanitarian assistance. His story......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm | 436th Airlift Wing | 11.08.2021
“The Dover tail flash came across open source news as a sign of hope for the people on the ground and validated the work we were doing.” Those words, spoken in a moment of reflection, gave gratification to Capt. Steve Tice, 436th Operations Support Squadron chief of wing tactics, as he looked back on his team’s mission during the final days of summer. They weren’t in an aircraft,......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm | 436th Airlift Wing | 10.29.2021
When news of the U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs evacuating vulnerable Afghans started flooding news and social media feeds, Senior Airman Vincent Leal, 436th Security Forces Squadron Phoenix Raven team member, knew he was about to get a call....
Story by Lance Cpl. Aliannah Bartok | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 08.30.2021
On Aug. 26, 2021, 11 U.S. Marines, one Sailor, and one Soldier were killed in a suicide bombing at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. They were husbands, wives, fathers, siblings, friends and colleagues to many. Deeply saddened by the events that took place, the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point community came together to dedicate a memorial for the......
Courtesy Story | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.28.2021
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Nicole L. Gee died August 26, 2021, in Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan, as a result of wounds sustained in a combat-related incident while supporting evacuation operations....
Story by Senior Airman Noah Coger | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.25.2021
Since Aug. 14, the Department of Defense has been supporting the evacuation of qualified evacuees from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The Afghanistan evacuation operation is one of the largest airlifts in history, evacuating roughly 58,700 people within the first ten days under volatile circumstances....
