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U.S. Air Forces Central Band Photos

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Total Force: a fitting name

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brad Leja, member of U.S. Air Forces Central Band "Total Force", plays the trombone during a performance for the 451st Expeditionary Communications Squadron Dec. 20, 2012, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Three Army musicians were integrated into the band during the holiday tour making the band truly a total force. Leja's hometown is Orlando, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)
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Total Force: a fitting name

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Lawrence, U.S. Air Forces Central Band "Total Force", plays the saxophone during a performance for the 451st Expeditionary Logistic Readiness Squadron Dec. 19, 2012, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The band had a chance to tour around base playing at several different work centers. Lawrence's hometown is Tahlequah, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)
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Sling loading in southern Afghanistan

Pathfinder students from 4th Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 205th Corps, prepare equipment to be attached to the bottom of an Afghan Air Force Kandahar Air Wing Mi-17 helicopter during the 4th Lightning Strike Pathfinder Academy, where the students were trained and certified as Pathfinders by Afghan instructors in partnership with Pathfinders of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, at Forward Operating Base Wolverine, Afghanistan, Dec. 5th. (Photo by Capt. Richard Barker, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs)
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Talking through it

From left, Lt. Col. Scott Sill, an Afghan hand and senior mentor with Security Forces Assistance Team 11, Maj. Asmatulla Safi, an operations officer with 3rd Zone Afghan Border Police, Lt. Col. Ekland Dauti, commander of Contingent Eagle Five of the Albanian Special Operations Force, conduct a village shura with Afghan Border Police members and villagers of Mawlazay during Operation Southern Strike IV, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 17, 2012. (U.S. Army Photo/Staff Sgt. Ryan Sheldon)
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Let's talk

From left, 3rd Zone Afghan Border Police members, Maj. Asmatulla Safi, an operations officer and Col. Fasil Karim Karimi, chief of staff, conduct a shura in the village of Gagre Naw, Afghanistan, during Operation Southern Strike IV, Nov. 18, 2012. The operation involved collaboration between members of the Afghan Air Force, the 3rd Zone Afghan Border Police and their respective Security Forces Assistance Team, providing security for the mission. (U.S. Army Photo/Staff Sgt. Ryan Sheldon)
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Clothing and blankets

Lt. Abdul Azim Nooree, an officer with the Afghan Border Police, hands out blankets and clothing to children in the village of Gagre Naw, Afghanistan, during Operation Southern Strike IV, Nov. 18, 2012. More than 4,400 pounds of flour, rice, blankets and clothing were delivered to remote villages in Spin Boldak and Tak-the Pol Districts by Afghan Air Force Kandahar Air Wing Mi-17 helicopter crew members and the Afghan Border Police. (U.S. Army Photo/Staff Sgt. Ryan Sheldon)
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Special delivery

Maj. Asmatulla Safi (right), an operations officer with 3rd Zone Afghan Border Police poses with a village elder in Mawlazay, Afghanistan, during Operation Southern Strike IV, Nov. 17, 2012. More than 4,400 pounds of flour, rice, blankets and clothing were delivered to remote villages in Spin Boldak and Tak-the Pol Districts by Afghan Air Force Kandahar Air Wing Mi-17 helicopter crew members and the Afghan Border Police. (U.S. Army Photo/Staff Sgt. Ryan Sheldon)
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Distribution

Lt. Abdul Azim Nooree (right), an officer with the Afghan Border Police, assists handing out humanitarian aid in the village of Gagre Naw, Afghanistan, during Operation Southern Strike IV, Nov. 18, 2012. (U.S. Army Photo/Staff Sgt. Ryan Sheldon)
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This goes there

Members of the 3rd Zone Afghan Border Police separate humanitarian aid for the villagers of Gagre Naw, Afghanistan, during Operation Southern Strike IV, Nov. 18, 2012. (U.S. Army Photo/Staff Sgt. Ryan Sheldon)
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Operation Kalak Hode VI in Uruzgan province

Afghan National Army leadership from 4th Brigade conducts a battlefield circulation to check on soldiers in the field during Operation Kalak Hode VI in Uruzgan province, Nov. 17, 2012. (205th Corps Afghan National Army courtesy photo)
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Last details

Afghan Air Force 1st Lt. Emal Azizi, right, fills out paperwork Oct. 15, 2012 after receiving his wings as a pilot at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan. The ceremony marked the completion of Afghanistan’s first fixed-wing undergraduate pilot training class in more than 30 years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Quinton Russ/RELEASED)
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Afghan Air Force First Lieutenants Khan Agha Ghaznavi and Walid Noori fill out paperwork Oct. 15, 2012 after receiving their wings as pilots at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan. The ceremony marked the completion of Afghanistan’s first fixed-wing undergraduate pilot training class in more than 30 years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Quinton Russ/RELEASED)
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Turn in place

Afghan Air Force 1st Lt. Emal Azizi stands for a photo after receiving his wings from U.S. Air Force Col. David Gossett, 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group commander, who adjusts them during Afghanistan's first undergraduate fixed-wing pilot training graduation in more than 30 years. The ceremony took place Oct. 15, 2012 in the wing headquarters of Shindand AB, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Rick Davis/RELEASED)
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Finally - wings!

Afghan Air Force Maj. Gen. Mohammad Baqi, Shindand Air Wing commander, pins wings on 1st Lt. Khan Agha Ghaznavi Oct. 15, 2012 at Shindand Air Base wing headquarters, western Afghanistan. The ceremony recognized three graduates from Afghanistan’s first fixed-wing undergraduate pilot training class in more than 30 years. (U.S. Navy photo/Cmdr. Philip Gerard/RELEASED)
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Winged, proud

Newly graduated Afghan Air Force pilots, 1st Lt.'s Walid Noori, Emal Azizi, and Khan Agha Ghaznavi, pose for a group photo after their ceremony Oct. 15, 2012 in the wing headquarters at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan. The lieutenants became the first fixed-wing undergraduate pilot trainees to earn their wings in Afghanistan after more than 30 years, completing the entire fixed-wing program entirely in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Quinton Russ/RELEASED)
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SF training

An Afghan Air Force Security Forces member listens to a discussion of shooting techniques by U.S. AF Master Sgt. Christopher Wright, advisor, during live fire training Oct. 3, 2012 at the Kabul, Afghanistan, Military Training Center. The training was to keep Afghan Security Forces members current on the M-16. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Quinton Russ/RELEASED)
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SF training

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Christopher Wright, 439th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron Security Forces advisor, goes over shooting techniques with Afghan Air Force Security Forces members during live fire training, Oct. 3, 2012 at the Kabul, Afghanistan, Military Training Center. The training was to keep Afghan Security Forces members current on the M-16. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Quinton Russ/RELEASED)
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You hear me?

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Kim, 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron Security Forces advisor, talks with Afghan AF Security Forces members about shooting techniques during live fire training Oct. 3, 2012 at the Kabul, Afghanistan, Military Training Center. The training was to keep Afghan Security Forces members current on the M-16. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Quinton Russ/RELEASED)
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Buddies

U.S. Air Force Capt. Daniel Minnocci and Afghan AF Sgt. Sad Akbar watch as a second group of Afghan AF security forces members receive a range safety briefing before live fire training Oct. 3, 2012 at the Kabul, Afghanistan, Military Training Center. The training was conducted to keep Afghan Security Forces members current on the M-16. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Quinton Russ/RELEASED)
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Briefed

U.S. Air Force Capt. Daniel Minnocci, 439th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron advisor, right, talks with Afghan AF 1st Lt. Maroof before traveling to a firing range for qualification and currency training Oct. 3, 2012 at the Kabul, Afghanistan, Military Training Center. The training was to keep Afghan Air Force Security Forces members current on the M-16. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Quinton Russ/RELEASED)
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