Local School

U.S. Air Force members from the 22d Expeditionary Air Refueling Sq., Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, meet with a principal of a local grade schooll in Bishkek, August 7, 2012. The airman volunteered to renovate the school through a program with the Theater Security Cooperation, an USAF ran program that helps the local community. TSC has a two-fold mission: to positively influence political leaders and to strengthen democracy in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)(Released)

Local School

U.S. Air Force members from the 22d Expeditionary Air Refueling Sq., Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, paint a play yard at a grade school in Bishkek, August 7, 2012. The airman volunteered through a program with the Theater Security Cooperation, an USAF ran program that helps the local community. TSC has a two-fold mission: to positively influence political leaders and to strengthen democracy in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)(Released)

Local School

A U.S. Air Force member from the 22d Expeditionary Air Refueling Sq., Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, paints parts of a play yard at a grade school in Bishkek, August 7, 2012. The airman volunteered through a program with the Theater Security Cooperation, an USAF ran program that helps the local community. TSC has a two-fold mission: to positively influence political leaders and to strengthen democracy in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)(Released)

Local School

A local woman near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan passes by a grade school that is being renovated by Theater Security Cooperation, a U.S. Air Force ran program at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, August 7, 2012. TSC has a two-fold mission: to positively influence political leaders and to strengthen democracy in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)(Released)

America’s favorite pastime finds desert home

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joseph Dumdei, 532nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, runs to first base during a softball game May 27, 2011, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The ballpark started as a patch of uneven, unclaimed desert at the base in western Al Anbar Province. The Airmen, with the help of Soldiers, Sailors and civilian contractors, added lights, fences and dugouts. In the end, the finished product was a slice of Americana ready for the first game by opening day of the 2011 Major League Baseball season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tristin English)

America’s favorite pastime finds desert home

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jacob Gibbons, 532nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, hits a softball to the outfield during a game May 27, 2011, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The service members assigned to the installation regularly work 12-hour shifts, seven days a week. Playing a game of softball helps them maintain high morale at a location that sees operations come to a stand-still during dust storms in western Al Anbar Province. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tristin English)