I had only been at Bagram for a matter of hours when I was cleared on a military flight out to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Lightning, near the city of Ghazni east of Kabul. I was surprised ...

Air Mobility Command released the results of its investigation into the Jan. 23, 2012, mishap involving a C-17A Globemaster III that landed at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan.

Coalition forces and civilians living on Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, have an added layer of security in the form of the Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar System and the Land ...

Forward Operating Base Shank, in Logar province, is known among soldiers as "Rocket City" for the number of rockets, mortars and artillery shells that rain down, day and night.

On a moondust road inside Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar Province, Afghanistan, a row of Mine Resistant Armor Protected vehicles idled in the blackness, illuminated only by red or green lights.

LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- The 7th Engineer Battalion held a re-enlistment ceremony March 5 for 14 of its members at Forward Operating Base Shank, while another nine engineers re-enlisted at ...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHANK, Afghanistan — It’s not that Maine Army National Guard Spc. Seth Adams was nervous. It’s just that when you’re about to climb into the turret of the lead gun ...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHANK, Afghanistan — “Incoming, incoming,” blares a prerecorded voice across the base, warning of a Taliban rocket attack. When the all-clear sounds, troops and ...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHANK, Afghanistan – Army Sgt. 1st Class Mica Snell and his brother, Army Staff Sgt. Justin Snell were born and grew up in Derby, Kan. Less than two years apart in age ...

LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – First Squadron, 17th Calvary Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade are on their way out. They are in the final stages of handing over Forward Operating Base Shank ...

Spc. Quentin Bradford, an air traffic control specialist for 3rd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Corsair, guides two CH-47 Chinooks as they descend onto his flight line on ...

On Jan. 23, 2012 a C-17A Globemaster III was involved in a landing incident at Forward Operating Base Shank, in Afghanistan during a combat airlift mission in support to Operation Enguring Freedom.