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3/25/2008 - BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AFPN) -- When Airmen of the 819th RED HORSE Squadron here were faced with a $400,000 challenge in March, they used ingenuity to save the Air Force hundreds of thousands of dollars. A water-well drilling rig was shipped from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in September 2007, but a series of incidents prevented the rig to arrive as scheduled and it was damaged. After reaching a port in Pakistan, the rig was loaded onto a flatbed trailer to be hauled to Bagram Air Base, but en route the driver got the 34-ton piece of...

Airman 1st Class Joseph Gumienny, 455th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron A-10 crew chief from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., ensures the A-10 Thunderbolt II is ready for takeoff Monday at the end of runway. Photo by U.S. Army Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson / 455th Expeditionary Operations Group. Davis-Monthan WarriorsReturn to Fight War Against Terrorism By U.S. Army Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson / 455th Expeditionary Operations Group BAGRAM, Afghanistan – As most Americans look forward to spending the coming holidays with loved ones, many airmen from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., are deploying to remote, desolate areas around the world to...