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  • Staff Sgt. Nana Dankwa is a foreign-born Airman who spent most of his early life in Accra, Ghana. He lived with his grandparent’s and moved to America as an adult. After a couple of years, Dankwa joined the U.S. Air Force, eventually becoming a U.S. citizen. Dankwa is a civil engineer deployed out of Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and is the NCO in charge of civil engineering for the 451st Expeditionary Support Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)

    Foreign-born Airman deploys, lives American dream

    The Air Force is proud of its diversity, providing Airmen the opportunity to live and visit places they never would imagine going and working with people from all walks of life. One Dyess Airman, who is deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, as part of the 451st Expeditionary Support Squadron, is emblematic of the diverse force.
  • (From left to right) Master Sgt. Aaron Lesher, 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, Master Sgt. Troy Dubois, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Master Sgt. James Pruitt, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group, Lisa Hietpas, 455th Expeditionary Operations Group, and Senior Master Sgt. Michael Martin, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, are all first sergeants from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., who deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, at the same time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)

    From the Swamp to the Mountains: Barksdale first sergeants deploy in force in support of Bagram Airmen

    Five sergeants from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to support the Airmen of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing.
  • Chaplain (Capt.) Benjamin Quintanilla, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing chaplain, says a prayer to a gathered group of Air Force Office of Special Investigations Expeditionary Detachment 2405 and 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron members before a “Ruck March to Remember” fallen comrades Dec. 21, 2016 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. It is a tradition for Task Force Crimson members to gather in a prayer circle before going out on a mission outside the wire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa)

    ‘Ruck March to Remember’ honors 1-year anniversary of fallen

    December 21 marked one year since six Task Force Crimson members lost their lives in an improvised explosive device attack near Bagram Airfield. To honor their memory, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron members and Expeditionary Detachment 2405, Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agents gathered for a “Ruck March to Remember.”
  • The four Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agents and two security forces defenders who were killed by a suicide bomber near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2015, are remembered during a memorial service at the U.S. Marine Memorial Chapel in Quantico, Va., Jan. 7, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Hastings)

    OSI eulogizes fallen heroes from its 'darkest day'

    More than 650 people overflowed the U.S. Marine Memorial Chapel here Jan. 7 to mourn the loss and remember the lives of the six Airmen killed by a suicide bomber near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 21.
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