Vectrus was sued in 2015 by several former employees who said they faced retaliation and were wrongfully fired for, among other things, reporting labor trafficking at Forward Operating Base Shank ...

The three National Guard soldiers were killed June 26, 2008, near Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, when their convoy encountered improvised explosive devices, small arms fire and rocket ...

At one point, the pilots could have glided to Forward Operating Base Shank -- 28 nautical miles away -- but had only an eight-minute window to begin that maneuver, the report states.

But instead of selecting any of the nearby runways at Bagram Airfield, Kabul International Airport, or Forward Operating Base Shank, the crew instead decided to head towards their home base of ...

Fatal USAF E-11A crash caused by engine failure and subsequent aircrew mistake. On Jan. 27, 2020, a U.S. Air Force’s E-11A, serial 11-9358, crash landed in a field in Ghanzi Province ...

Australian journalist Harry Sanna embedded with C Company, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, at Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar Province, Afghanistan.

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.

Justin "Buddy" Lee (left) enjoys a cigar with fellow Chinook pilot Bryan Nichols at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan. Nichols was one of the pilots flying the Chinook shot down on Aug. 6 ...

Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Martin parked the truck outside the concrete slabs arranged in a defensive perimeter around the tactical operations center at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan.

Photo Credit: Spc. Mark VanGerpen, 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Staff Sgt. Andrew Garza, Prime Power noncommissioned officer in charge at Forward Operating Base Shank, 249th Engineer ...