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Tech. Sgt. Tony Rivera, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, sits in the cockpit of an EC-130 Compass Call Jan. 18, 2017 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The members of the 455th EAMXS’s EC-130 aircraft maintenance unit currently deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan have 146 deployments among them. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa) EC-130s maintain constant presence in Afghanistan 15 years later
All around the dimly-lit tent are enduring symbols of a constant presence. A name scrawled across a wooden wall, a lengthy list of deployment dates written underneath, updated year after year. A library stacked with books and games to pass the time. A built-in couch labeled “Snooze Town.” All the things people to do to make a place feel like home
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