Airmen neutralize threat to Bagram Airfield: "Members of the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, with assistance from Soldiers and Marines, repelled an early morning attack May 19 here.
The attack began with indirect fire that caused no significant damage, said Lt. Col. James Lowe, the 455th ESFS commander.
Indirect fire is the use of rocket-propelled grenades, mortars or other explosive devices to engage an area.
'We started receiving small-arms fire and our perimeter security teams identified movements at several points along the perimeter fence,' he said.
Once the Airmen gained positive identification on enemy positions, they engaged the enemy to neutralize any threats on the installation, he added.
The base was attacked from several positions as small teams of enemy combatants began to throw grenades, launch rocket-propelled grenades and continued small-arms fire toward the perimeter, Colonel Lowe said."
