Long Range Candy
April 2nd, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
Iowa National Guard Alpha Troop 1-113 Cav Spc. Kaitlin Reed of Des Moines shoots candy out to Afghan children with a local handmade slingshot while on patrol outside Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. (Rodney White /The Des Moines Register)
Fist Bumping the Commander-in-Chief
April 8th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
President Barack Obama shares a fist-bump with an airman while meeting service members at a dinning facility at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan during his recent March 28th visit to the region. (White House photo/Pete Souza)
Crash and Recovery
March 20th, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
A DHL Airbus A300 rests on the taxiway after its crew preformed an emergency landing at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, two days prior. Airmen assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Group were able to lift the left wing and place it on a flatbed trailer so the plane could be moved off the runway and normal flight operations could resume. (U.S. Air Force photo by/ Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)
The Rounds
July 24th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Colin Kelly
I love the way a sunset looks on a fully loaded machine gun.
Rockband at Bagram
July 22nd, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Colin Kelly
(From left to right below) Staff Sgt. Jessica VanOot, Staff Sgt. Scott Stroh, Sgt. Yamil Navarez, and SrA Seth Haas compete in the second annual “Rockband” contest at Bagram Air Field on July 22, 2009 in Bagram, Afghanistan. They are the defending champs.
Need a tire?
July 21st, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Colin Kelly
SSG Michael Hess working out in front of the gym on base at Bagram Air Field on July 21, 2009.