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  • Transit Center Airman pumps 5 million gallons of gas

    Many people establish goals they want to accomplish during their deployments as a way to help pass the time. Senior Airman Chantz Wyant, a fuels distribution operator, set a lofty goal for himself when he arrived at the Transit Center six months ago -- he wanted to pass more than 4 million gallons

  • Kyrgyz defeat Transit Center soccer team

    Players from the Kyrgyz Soccer Federation staff narrowly defeated a Transit Center at Manas soccer team with a 5-4 victory in Bishkek July 9. The game was the fourth friendly match between the two groups -- it was also the fourth victory for the Kyrgyz team. "We have won everything, but that is not

  • AAF Airmen compete in firefighter challenge

    Working with their Afghan air force advisees, coalition members from the 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group, facilitated its first-ever "firefighter challenge" in Kandahar, Afghanistan, recently. Held at the Kandahar Air Wing Fire Department, four AAF firefighters and three members of the

  • Fire muster competition promotes teamwork, boosts morale

    The thought of growing up to be a fireman is something many kids dream about. A group of Airmen here got the chance to perform the duties of a fireman while building teamwork and esprit de corps during a fire muster competition, July 10."A fire muster is a competition between teams that determines

  • Transit Center 'Cops for Kids' strive to make difference at Kyrgyz orphanage

    Chief Master Sgt. Ronald Richardson is a parent through and through. However, deploying to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, from the 172nd Airlift Wing in Jackson, Miss., meant the 376th Security Forces Squadron superintendent would spend six months away from his two teenagers. But his time

  • 439th and AAF Airmen load helicopter parts

    Airmen from the Afghan air force and 439th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron in Kabul, Afghanistan, worked together June 6, 2011, to prepare AAF helicopter parts for shipment to a forward-deployed location. The U.S. Air Force members work in an advising role with the AAF aerial port members to

  • Air Force provides critical CAS during Operation Hammer Down II

    Air Force close air support assets played a critical role in the success of Operation Hammer Down II along the Afghan-Pakistan border June 25 through 30, 2011. F-15E Strike Eagles from the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 555th EFS at Bagram Airfield,