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U.S. Air Forces Central Band Photos

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Airdrop over Afghanistan

U.S. Marine Sgt. Davies hands out food and water as he asks local Afghans to leave Forward Operating Base Edinburgh's drop zone minutes before a schedule air drop of food on Oct 3, 2011. For safety reasons, Marines keep the DZ clear of local Afghans who often gather around the drop zone looking for material left behind. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)
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Airdrop over Afghanistan

A U.S. Marine drags a parachute away from a bundle of food rations that were airdropped to Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, the logistics hub for Northern Helmand Province, on Oct. 3, 2011. The parachutes and other packing material are collected and burned on site to reduce the debris left on the drop zone. Aerial delivery of food and water allows Marines to get some critical supplies without having to rely on risky ground convoys. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)
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Air Drop over Afghanistan

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Peter Jensen (right) and Staff Sgt. Anthony Fuller, loadmasters assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, make final safety checks to airdrop bundles in the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster III on Sept 30, 2011. Jensen, Fuller and the other crew members of the C-17 air dropped these 40 bundles to a remote outpost in Afghanistan. Aerial delivery of critical supplies decreases the total number of resupply convoys conducted in high threat areas. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)
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Air Drop over Afghanistan

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron push barrels of fuel aboard a C-17 Globemaster III on Sept 30, 2011. The crew of the C-17 will drop 40 bundles of supplies to a remote outpost in Afghanistan. Aerial delivery of critical supplies decreases the total number of resupply convoys conducted in high threat areas. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)
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Air Drop over Afghanistan

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Peter Jensen, a loadmaster assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, collects straps that restrained airdrop bundles in the back of a C-17 Globemaster III on Sept 30, 2011. Jensen and the crew of the C-17 air dropped 40 bundles to a remote outpost in Afghanistan. Aerial delivery of critical supplies decreases the total number of resupply convoys conducted in high threat areas. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)
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Patrolling by the shadows

U.S. Army Spc. Mark Santos, rifleman attached to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, patrols to Qalat City, Afghanistan, to secure the civil engineer as conducts assurance inspections on road projects, Sept. 25, 2011. Santos is deployed from Charlie Company, 182nd Infantry Division, Massachusetts National Guard.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras)
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Looking for cover

U.S. Army Sgt. Brandon Bregel, team leader attached to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, looks for concealment during a foot patrol in Qalat City, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, 2011. Bregel is deployed from Charlie Company, 182nd Infantry Division, Massachusetts National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras)
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Afghan child

An Afghan child shyly greets members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul during a foot patrol, Qalat City, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, 2011.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras)
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Deployed Airman ensures jet fuel is fit to fight

Staff Sgt. Abel Telles, the NCO in charge of the fuels laboratory for the petroleum, oil and lubricants flight in the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, pours a fuel sample into a graduated cylinder during a fuel system icing inhibitor test, Sept. 30, 2011, at an air base in Southwest Asia. The test is used to make sure the fuel has all the proper additives required to meet military standards. Telles is a native of Santa Maria, Calif. and is deployed from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance Babin)
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Braving through an Iraq Sandstorm

Maj. Gen. Russ Handy, commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Iraq, and director, Air Component Coordination Element- Iraq, braves a sandstorm at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2011. The general, who is from Baltimore, Md., is the senior U.S. Air Force representative in Iraq and represents the combined force's air component commander to the commanding general, U.S. Forces-Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)
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Braving through an Iraq Sandstorm

Sgt. 1st Class Justin Hathaway, United States Forces-Iraq Provost Marshal Office operations NCO in charge, braves a sandstorm after leaving the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Iraq and U.S. Forces-Iraq Provost Marshal Office at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)
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ATMP

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Master Sgt. James Jesionowski, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group emergency department flight chief, explains how to use an electrocardiogram machine to Capt. Nematullah, Physician Assistant, 2nd Brigade, 203rd Afghan National Army Corps. and Senior Capt. Abdul Hadi, Dentist, Afghan Border Police, 1st Zone Headquarters, as part of the Afghan Trauma Mentorship Program at Craig Joint Theatre Hospital here, Sept. 22, 2011. The ATMP is a joint effort between coalition partners and Airmen from the 455 EMDG designed to familiarize Afghan medical professionals with modern medical procedures and equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Krista Rose)
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Joint STARS hits 70,000-hour mark in AOR

Airman 1st Class Daniel Martinez (left) and Airman 1st Class Jeffrey Slovik, 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron air operations technicians, track and report suspicious activity on the ground, aboard an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, or Joint STARS, Sept. 25, 2011, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Paul Labbe)
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Comparing energy usage

Brian Jarvis, U.S. Air Forces Central Command Energy Manager, compares charts on energy usage at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on Sept. 29, 2011. Jarvis is exploring different ways to use energy more efficiently and to reduce energy costs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Gary J. Rihn)
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Keeping the tents cool

Brian Jarvis, U.S. Air Forces Central Command Energy Manager, along with Robert DeRuyter, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron air conditioning service technician, inspect an environmental control unit used to cool transient personnel tents at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on Sept. 29, 2011. Jarvis is exploring the possibility of being able to reduce the number of ECUs by one third simply by making the remaining units run more efficiently. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Gary J. Rihn)
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Renewable energy from solar

Brian Jarvis, U.S. Air Forces Central Command Energy Manager, looks up at one of nearly 200 solar powered lights lining walkways at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on Sept. 29, 2011. The lights will help the Air Force to meet its goal of having 7.5 percent of energy used come from renewable sources by fiscal year 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Gary J. Rihn)
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Checking the chiller

Brian Jarvis, U.S. Air Forces Central Command Energy Manager, along with Robert DeRuyter, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron air conditioning service technician, check instrumentation hooked up to a chiller at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on Sept. 29, 2011. Jarvis is trying to determine at what level of use the air conditioning units will run most efficiently. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Gary J. Rihn)
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Preflight inspection

Chief Master Sgt. Michael Lapa, a flight engineer assigned to the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, performs a preflight inspection on the tail of a C-130 Hercules before an aero medical evacuation mission on September 7, 2011. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt Jeffrey Allen)
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Preflight inspection

Staff Sgt Shaun Stallworth, 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, watches for movement on a the tail section flight control surfaces of a C-130 Hercules during a preflight inspection on September 7, 2011. As pilots make flight control inputs inside the plane, Staff Sgt Stallworth observes from outside to ensure the plane’s controls are functioning properly. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt Jeffrey Allen)
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“Bikes over Baghdad”

Mykel Larrin performs a back flip over Airman 1st Class Christy Mote, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron civil engineer escort, during the “Bikes over Baghdad” event, Sept. 24, 2011, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. Mote, a native of Rutherfordton, N.C., is deployed from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Paul Labbe)
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