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Retrograde Operations

A 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules cargo plane kicks up dirt on a short runway landing at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khost province, Afghanistan, Sept. 21, 2013. The 19th Movement Control Team, a small squadron of Air Force surface movement controllers and aerial porters, have the herculean task of overseeing the vast majority of retrograde operations at FOB Salerno. (USAF Photo/Master Sgt. Ben Bloker)
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Retrograde Operations

Tech. Sgt. Jonnedi Paule, Spc. Alexander Anderson, Staff Sgt. Daniel Hall and Staff Sgt. Andrey Benchea, 19th Movement Control Team aerial porters, prep a “tricon” shipping container for a 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules cargo plane at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khost Province, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2013. The 19th MCT, a small squadron of Air Force surface movement controllers and aerial porters, have the herculean task of overseeing the vast majority of retrograde operations at FOB Salerno. Paule, a St. Paul, Minn. native, Hall, a Smith Valley, Nev. native and Benchea, a Phoenix, Ariz. native are all forward deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Anderson, hailing from Manvel, N.D. is a reservist from the 203rd Inland Cargo Transportation Company, Minn. (USAF Photo/Master Sgt. Ben Bloker)
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Retrograde Operations

Staff Sgt. Daniel Hall, along with other 19th Movement Control Team aerial porters muscle a “tricon” shipping container into a 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules cargo plane at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khost province, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2013. The 19th MCT, a small squadron of Air Force surface movement controllers and aerial porters, have the herculean task of overseeing the vast majority of retrograde operations at FOB Salerno. Hall, a Smith Valley, Nev. native is forward deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (USAF Photo/Master Sgt. Ben Bloker)
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Retrograde Operations

Tech. Sgt. Christina Peckat, 19th Movement Control Team surface movement Airman, coordinates trucker traffic with Abdul Basir, a parking attendant, at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khost province, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2013. The 19th MCT, a small squadron of Air Force surface movement controllers and aerial porters, have the herculean task of overseeing the vast majority of retrograde operations at FOB Salerno. Peckat, a Denver, Colo. native, is deployed from RAF Mildenhall, England. (USAF Photo/Master Sgt. Ben Bloker)
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Retrograde Operations

Senior Airman Leah Johnson, 19th Movement Control Team aerial porter, manipulates a K-loader into position to transfer pallets to a C-130 Hercules cargo plane at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khost province, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2013. The 19th MCT, a small squadron of Air Force surface movement controllers and aerial porters, have the herculean task of overseeing the vast majority of retrograde operations at FOB Salerno. Johnson, a St. Paul, Minn. native, is deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (USAF Photo/Master Sgt. Ben Bloker)
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Retrograde Operations

Army 101st Airborne Division Soldiers make their way to a 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules cargo plane at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khost province, Afghanistan, Sept. 23, 2013. The 19th Movement Control Team, a small squadron of Air Force surface movement controllers and aerial porters, have the herculean task of overseeing the vast majority of retrograde operations at FOB Salerno. (USAF Photo/Master Sgt. Ben Bloker)
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Retrograde Operations

Senior Airman Matthew Volk, 19th Movement Control Team aerial porter, prepares for a 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules pallet transfer at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khost province, Afghanistan, Sept. 23, 2013. The 19th MCT, a small squadron of Air Force surface movement controllers and aerial porters, have the herculean task of overseeing the vast majority of retrograde operations at FOB Salerno. Volk, a Lousburg, Tenn. native is forward deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (USAF Photo/Master Sgt. Ben Bloker)
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Retrograde Operations

U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and Jordanian soldiers make their way to a 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules cargo plane at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khost province, Afghanistan, Sept. 23, 2013. The 19th Movement Control Team, a small squadron of Air Force surface movement controllers and aerial porters, have the herculean task of overseeing the vast majority of retrograde operations at FOB Salerno. (USAF Photo/Master Sgt. Ben Bloker)
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SF Training

Soldiers of the Afghan Air Force receive instruction prior to participating in hands-on urban operations training Sept. 22 at Pohantoon-E-Hawayee “Air University,” Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. The practical training comes after several weeks of classroom instruction. (U.S. Air Force Photo/RCAF Sgt. Robert Mellin)
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Army airdrop specialists “rig it up, ship it out”

U.S. Army Spc. Steven Payne uses a saw to cut pieces of energy dissipating material at 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 23, 2013. The cardboard-like material is used to absorb the impact when barrels are airdropped to troops down range. Payne is a 861st Quartermaster Company Detachment 1 airdrop specialist deployed from William F. Lyell Armed Forces Reserve Center, Tenn., and a Frankfort, Ky., native. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Bahja J. Jones)
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Chemical cart

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremy Harrison, 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management journeyman, responds to an exercise chemical threat at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia Sept. 20, 2013. The goal of the exercise was to further train emergency management personnel on responding to a chemical threat. Harrison calls Houston, Texas, home and is deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Morgan)
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Port Dawgs move M1 Abrams

Members of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing monitor the offload of a M1 Abrams tank from a C-17 Globemaster III here, Sept. 26, 2013. The M1 tank offload took little time because of the communication and cooperation of the flight crew, 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron personnel, airfield management and the tank driver. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Christopher A. Campbell)
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Afghan Air Force flight medics provide medical care, boost confidence

Afghan Air Force medics rush an injured Afghan National Army soldier to the Mi-17 aircraft for transport to the Kandahar Military Regional Hospital while their advisors from NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan provide overwatch near Ghorak, Sept. 23, 2013. During the flight Sgt. Kamran Saboon and Soldier Saddam Parishan from the Kandahar Air Wing served as flight medics. The NATC-A advisors of the 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group have been stepping back as the Kandahar Air Wing steps up and excutes more CASEVAC missions on their own with minimal oversight from their advisors. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Theanne Tangen/Released)
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386 AEW ramp personnel unload M-1 tank

Master Sgt. Bradley Hayes, 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron ramp operations noncommissioned officer in charge, directs an M-1 tank following its offload at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 26, 2013. Ramp personnel at the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing on average handle more than 3,000 tons of cargo each month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Chris Campbell)
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A-10 pilots accumulate combat hour milestone on deployment

Crew chiefs assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron replace aircraft panels on an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during a phase inspection on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The 455th EAMXS Airmen conducted 33 A-10 phase inspections during their six month deployment here. The A-10's and maintainers are deployed from Moody Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade)
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Bagram doctor provides eye glasses to Afghans

Maj. Marcus Neuffer, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group ophthalmologist, hands an Afghan patient glasses matching her prescription in the Korean Hospital on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Sept. 18. Five months ago after arriving on Bagram, he established a program to provide glasses to Afghan and coalition members in need. The glasses come from former patients and non-profits. This is the second time they have held an eye glasses clinic here. He is deployed from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade)
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Grand Slam Wing celebrates Air Force’s birthday

The U.S. Air Forces Central Command’s band, the “Blue Yonders,” perform in their Irish folk fashion during an Air Force Birthday celebration at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 18, 2013. Grand Slam troops were treated to a full night of entertainment for the service’s 66th year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Bahja J. Jones)
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376 ECES saves AF thousands winterizing fitness center

Members of the 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron install insulation into the ceiling of the main fitness center to keep it warm during the winter at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 16, 2013. Last year, the gym was cold enough for service members to see their breath. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barnett)
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New equipment and training helps KAW fire department flourish

Afghan Air Force fire fighters rush into a burning building as part of an exercise Sept. 8, 2013 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The Kandahar Air Wing Fire Department has seen substantial changes and improvements in recent months as the Afghans continue to take over more of the training and operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Anastasia Wasem)
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Depot liaison engineer keep AFCENT aircraft flying safely

1st Lt. Eric Yerly's job as a depot liaison engineer (DLE) sometimes requires him to fit into small spaces to fix aircraft problems or find their root causes. Yerly is currently deployed to Southwest Asia where he is one of four DLEs responsible for the safety of flight for all the aircraft in Air Force Central Command's area of responsibility. At home station, Yerly responds to Air Force wide C-130 technical resistance requests (TARS) at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins AFB, Ga. TARS are most commonly submitted when aircraft maintainers run into an aircraft issue that their technical orders (TOs) do not address. Having an engineer on hand in a deployed location ensures that issues not addressed in the (TOs) can be handled on the spot. (Courtesy photo)
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