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BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, July 13, 2006 – Bombs, bullets and explosives are hazardous to friend and foe alike but are handled with care by the men and women who work in the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's Munitions Flight. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Jackson inspects a 30 mm round for an A-10 Thunderbolt II in the munitions storage area for Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Jackson is a member of the Air Force Reserve deployed to Bagram as a munitions specialist. He and other munitions airmen receive, inspect, store, assemble and deliver ordnance used on aircraft and small arms....

A modular unit is lowered into place at the new Bagram Airfield hospital. Seventy-seven modular units were manufactured and assembled in Dubai and delivered here. The units will be used as an emergency unit, intensive care unit and operating room. Courtesy photo Bagram’s New Hospital Nears Completion The new hospital, nearly complete with the delivery of new modular units, will increase the level of care available to troops, Afghans and civilian contractors. By U.S. Army Army Sgt. Douglas DeMaio 20th Public Affairs Detachment BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Feb. 14, 2006 — The new Bagram Airfield hospital is nearly complete with...