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  • "Groundpower" means "airpower": AGE powers the fight from below

    As aircraft take off and land, one organization helps ensure the aircraft get off the ground without interruption. The 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment Flight makes it possible for maintainers to repair aircraft safely and return them to the fight downrange.

  • Shindand Air Base triples in size

    By expanding nearly three times its original size, Shindand Air Base recently became the second largest airfield throughout Afghanistan. Colonel Larry Bowers, 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group commander, opened the new expansion area upon completion of construction of approximately eight miles

  • 'Blue Hawk' shares music with Kyrgyz children

    Airmen from the Air Forces Central Band "Blue Hawk" spent their afternoon bringing smiles to the faces of children at the Bishkek Children's Cancer Center July 4.The fact that most of the people in the audience didn't speak English didn't hamper the mood; "Blue Hawk's" performance was able to bridge

  • Pushups for wounded warriors

    Airmen here are spending extra time on physical fitness, not for their own personal wellbeing, but for servicemembers who have sacrificed so much in Iraq and Afghanistan. Approximately eight Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Group, quality assurance section, are taking pledges and

  • Airman reaches new height

    As the United States celebrated its Independence Day marking 235 years of freedom, an Airman in Southwest Asia also reached a milestone, while serving to protect the freedoms achieved in 1776.Maj. Jon Williams, a mission crew commander, 963rd Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, on the E-3

  • 'Vertical Horizon' rocks deployed members on Independence Day

    Hundreds of deployed servicemembers enjoyed the tunes of multi-platinum selling artists Vertical Horizon during an Independence Day celebration, July 4, in Southwest Asia.The group, known for its hit record "Everything You Want," among other songs, performed at Memorial Plaza for members of the