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  • Cultural awareness remains a must during upcoming religious observance

    Most religions weight certain times of year as an important period to practice their faith's traditions. Muslims practice Ramadan, a month-long observance of fasting during daylight hours. The fasting goes far beyond the tradition of not consuming food or water and includes refraining from smoking,

  • Afghan Air Force learns self-sustaining casualty evacuation care

    The flight line is filled with aircrew and the C-130 Hercules engines are starting up for another Afghan Air Force casualty evacuation mission.Within two years, the Afghan Air Force has made significant improvements to their casualty evacuation capabilities, or CASEVAC, as they continue to take the

  • Building the Integration Bridge

    More than 180 coalition military service members, Ministry of Defense and Afghanistan military key leaders assembled for the first-ever Afghanistan Air Force air-to-ground integration conference here May 17, 2014. The key leaders discussed several topics including mission planning, decision-making,

  • Prime BEEF Airmen construct new ‘pad’ for deployed helos

    As the armed forces redistribute forces and equipment from forward operating bases in Afghanistan, the demand for a larger helicopter landing zone at Bagram Airfield is a necessity. Airman of the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group's, 577th Expeditionary Prime Base Emergency Force Squadron

  • 379th Air Expeditionary Wing welcomes new commander

    Service members gathered for the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing change of command ceremony June 12 at Al Udeid Air Base.The presiding officer of the ceremony, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Lofgren, U.S. Air Forces Central Command deputy commander, spoke highly of the 379th AEW."I'm impressed by the

  • Photo Essay: Air Terminal Operations Center

    The 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's Air Terminal Operations Center is comprised of 22 Airmen. The Airmen, both active duty and reservists, provide 24/7 air transportation support. The ATOC mission is to support the movement of theater deployment, employment, redeployment and

  • 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Group changes command

    Command of the 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Group passed from Col. Michael O'Connor to Col. Jason Childs during a change of command ceremony Sunday at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.Childs deployed here from United States Air Forces Command, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, where

  • 386th Expeditionary Medical Group changes command

    Command of the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group passed from Col. Jeannine Ryder to Col. Susan Davis during a change of command ceremony Sunday at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.Davis deployed here from 59th Training Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas where she served as the