Four airm
en deployed for a year to Forward Operating Base Lagman in Afghanistan are maintaining more than 30 Army vehicles, keeping them ready for every mission conducted by the Qalat Provincial Reconstruction Team, reports SSgt. Trevor Tiernan. The airmen are serving in-lieu-of soldiers, but they are serving in their specialties. TSgt. Dave Albanese and SSgt. Joel Bonnett are vehicle mechanics, while TSgt. James Nelson handles logistics and SSgt. Logan Pike works vehicle dispatch. The two mechanics have even made “house calls,” going outside the wire to fix vehicles that succumbed to the rough terrain and couldn’t be driven back to base. They had the vehicles on the road again within three hours. Army Sgt. Benjamin House with the Arizona National Guard calls the airmen mechanics “mission essential.”
F-15E Aviator Missing in Iran Rescued by US Forces
April 5, 2026
The second crew member of the F-15E shot down April 3 has been rescued from Iran. U.S. forces recovered the aviator alive and all American forces involved in the operation are believed to be safe, U.S. officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine.