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U.S. Air Forces Central Band Photos

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Academic Mi-17 maintenance check

Afghan Air Force students work on class materials during an eleven week Mi-17 helicopter ‘Engine & Body’ maintenance course at Kabul, Afghanistan, International Airport Nov. 11, 2012. Afghan course instructors partnered with Mongolian Air Force mentors to conduct the class. The Afghan AF’s newest 16 Mi-17 helicopter technicians crossed a stage Dec. 20, 2012 at the airport. (Courtesy photo)
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Joining the ranks of Mi-17 helicopter maintainers

Fellow Afghan Air Force members attend an Mi-17 helicopter ‘Engine & Body’ class graduation Dec. 20, 2012 at Kabul, Afghanistan, International Airport. Sixteen students graduated after successfully completing 250 hours of training on avionics, engine and aircraft body work. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mekpongsatorn)
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Graduation moment

Afghan Air Force Col. Mahmood Rahman (right), commander of Afghanistan’s Air University ‘Pohantoon-e-Hayayee’, places a graduation pin on the uniform of one of the 16 students graduating a nine week Mi-17 helicopter ‘Engine & Body’ class Dec. 20, 2012. Afghan AF instructors partnered with advisors from the Mongolian Air Force to teach students course materials on avionics, engine and aircraft body work. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mekpongsatorn)
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Mi-17 helicopter engine training

Afghan Air Force maintenance instructors and students gather around an Mi-17 engine in a classroom at the Kabul, Afghanistan, International Airport, Nov. 14, 2012, assisted by Mongolian Air Force Mentoring Team Advisor Lt. Enkh-amgalan Sosorbaram (center), on his second deployment to the NATO Air Training mission. The Afghan AF’s newest 16 Mi-17 helicopter technicians crossed a stage Dec. 20, 2012 at the airport, receiving certificates from Afghan AF leaders, Mongolian advisors, and 438th Expeditionary Wing leadership. (Courtesy photo)
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Total Force: a fitting name

U.S. Air Forces Central Band "Total Force", takes a photo with audience members Dec. 20, 2012, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The band had a chance to tour around base playing at several different work centers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)
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Total Force: a fitting name

Master Sgt. Douglas Trejada, U.S. Air Forces Central Band "Total Force", plays the bass guitar while Airman 1st Class Tacia Womack, 451st Expeditionary Logistic Readiness Squadron, cheers Dec. 19, 2012, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The band had a chance to tour around base playing at several different work centers. Trejada's hometown is Warner Robins, Ga. Womack hometown is Sumter, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)
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Total Force: a fitting name

Coalition forces enjoy the concert put on by the U.S. Air Forces Central Band "Total Force," Dec. 20, 2012, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The band is on tour around Afghanistan during the holiday season to entertain deployed service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)
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Total Force: a fitting name

U.S. Air Forces Central Band "Total Force", performs 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. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)
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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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