Air Force security forces deployed to Bagram AB, Afghanistan, have formed the Fly-Away Security Team to provide specially trained airmen to fly with and protect the aircrews and C-130 tactical cargo aircraft that fly into remote airfields in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the region. Once a C-130 lands, the FAST airmen are first off, setting up around the aircraft to watch the surrounding country as the aircrew unloads the aircraft. In flight, FAST airmen provide “cockpit denial” when the aircraft hauls foreign nationals or prisoners.
A single-pallet-sized tactical operations center is slated to begin shipping to 70 Air Force units by the end of the year following a recent announcement by the company that made it and the Air Force entity responsible for its development.
