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  • The ABCs of PRT

    The Provincial Reconstruction Teams' efforts in Afghanistan are so successful Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice used them as a template to inaugurate the first U.S.-led PRT in Iraq in November. While addressing the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations last fall, Secretary Rice said, "To execute

  • Squadron looks to the skies of Afghanistan

    If it’s flying over Afghanistan, Airman 1st Class Kyle Neill will be the first one to notice it. That is, as long as he is on shift as a surveillance technician with the 73rd Expeditionary Air Control Squadron here. His job is to manage data as part of a two man team in an operations module,

  • Security Forces get lifesaving training

    Security forces Airmen here train for missions beyond the scope of their traditional roles. Thanks to the U.S. Army, they now have training that may save someone’s life. Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron completed a 40-hour combat lifesaving course. The Airmen learned

  • Medical care in the air

    It was only a 30-minute flight from Bagram to Salerno, Afghanistan, and the C-130 Hercules carried four pallets and two passengers. When it returned, that 30-minute flight proved to be just one leg of a longer aeromedical evacuation mission that would eventually take two wounded soldiers to

  • Multi-service team delivers humanitarian goods to remote Afghan village

    A multi-service supply convoy slowly crawled along a dusty, rock-strewn road winding up, up, up and around mountains, through tiny, remote villages, scenic wheat fields and pastures enroute to a relief mission June 12. At approximately 8,000 feet above sea level, the village of Dara was the

  • RED HORSE keeps planes landing at Kandahar

    Runways are essential to any air operation and a lot of the airfields in Afghanistan, used in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, need improvements. Here, the runway is being refurbished by cutting it in half length-wise, with crews repairing one side while aircraft land and take off on the

  • PRT and Afghans make history

    Twenty-five people – Americans and Afghans, local leaders and Airmen – worked feverishly earlier this week to prioritize and organize future projects that will improve the lives of the people of Parwan Province. Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team leaders chimed in with ways to effectively take

  • REDHORSE creating legacies, one project at a time

    Senior Airman Casey Anderson removes his sunglasses to wipe sweat from his eyes.The areas behind the sunglasses, pale compared to the rest of his tan, are the only clean parts on his face. As operator of the cement-truck chute, he’s covered in cement -- from the top of his red hat to his steel-toed,

  • Predators provide eyes in the sky over Afghanistan

    KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- What has a 50-foot wingspan, buzzes like a giant insect and can put an AGM-114 Hellfire missile through a window from 8,000 miles away? It’s the Air Force’s MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle, and it’s arguably one of the most requested assets in Operation

  • Remote airstrips are hell on wheels

    C-130 maintainers are in a Herculean battle against an enemy that has been around since the dawn of time – dirt, rocks and dust.While C-130 Hercules perform the tactical portion of the airlift mission by bringing in troops and supplies to remote locations, called forward operating bases, they have