Airmen in Air Force Reserve Command’s 67th Aerial Port Squadron at Hill AFB, Utah, decided to abandon traditional Reserve deployment by ones and twos and instead worked for more than a year to coordinate sending the entire unit to Afghanistan, reports SSgt. Craig Seals. And, they are all volunteers. At Bagram Air Base, the unit has gone beyond their basic task of managing loading and unloading of aircraft, it “built a secure fence around the [cargo] yard, streamlined our cargo processes, and brought things back in line with [Air Mobility Command] guidelines,” said flight chief SMSgt. Dale Johnson, adding, “These guys have got amazing resolve.”
The U.S. military is sending more fighter jets to the Middle East to step up its war with Iran, adding to what is already the largest buildup of airpower in the region since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. For now, the operation shows little sign of coming to a quick…