Elements of the Air Force’s elite construction crews are working at such places as Forward Operating Base Hammer near Baghdad to provide facilities for US ground surge forces. Capt. Ken Hall reports, in the second of a two-part article, that the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron worked with an Army engineer battalion to complete FOB Hammer’s Phase 1 and 2 for the Army’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles have roared out of Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., for the last time. The 104th Fighter Wing’s last three F-15Cs departed the base Oct. 23 for the “Boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., ending the aircraft's era on the frontlines of homeland defense.


