Features

It has been almost 10 years since the airdrop and airfield lodgment of Bashur Airfield, Iraq, where the 86th Contingency Response Group, predecessor to today’s 435th CRG, played a pivotal role in a major operation.

The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing recently awarded Senior Airman Howard Daniels, 1st Combat Communications Squadron, the Thunderbolt award. The award is given to Airmen within the 435th AGOW in recognition of their superior achievements and work performance.

With the help from the Air Force, some members of the 212th Combat Support Hospital loaded part of their 12-bed Early Entry Package onto C-17 transport jets.

Under a moonlit sky, emergency medical helicopters from Company C, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment touched down at Miesau Army Depot and discharged moulage-covered role players onto the landing zone.

The LRS team consists of four Personal Property Processing Offices and one Consolidated Personal Property Shipping Office. In all, the four offices total 70 people, including military members, U.S. civilians and German civilians who processed more than 15,000 moves for 2012.

“Zum Storchennest” (The Stork’s Nest) is located in the beautiful Steinalb valley, situated in the middle of the nature preserve of the Palatinate Forest.