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  • AFCENT Band entertains Kyrgyzstan youth

    After a long 36-hour trip and three cramped C-17 rides, the Air Forces Central band, Wild Blue Country, arrived at the Transit Center at Manas April 3, ready to take the sound of American country music to the people of Kyrgyzstan. This outreach into the local community is an invaluable part of the

  • Charity run brings together all walks of life for noble cause

    According to American Cancer Society estimates, more than 560,000 friends and family members were lost to cancer in 2010.Six weeks after Staff Sgt. Tyler McInturff deployed to Kirkuk in January, he received devastating news that his aunt had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer."Being my godmother,

  • SFS trains IqAF security forces

    The 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron spent several weeks in March and April training 12 Iraqi security forces personnel from New Al Muthana Air Base on force protection techniques. Their reasoning? The Iraqi air force can have the best flight operations in the world, but it means nothing

  • Airman oil advisor greases her way into Iraqi women's prison

    A typical day for an oil and electric police advisor in Iraq does not include trekking through a roomful of more than 100 women prisoners and their children, including three infants."We needed women going into this prison," commented U.S. Army Capt. Mark Weber, U.S. Forces - Iraq corrections

  • 4th of July flavor hits Embassy

    How do you celebrate America's independence openly in a foreign country? Not only can it be done, but it can be done in style as the Air Forces Central band, Wild Blue Country, proved recently. They performed on request from the American Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mr. James Smith,

  • North to south: U.S. defenders train Iraqi partners

    More than a dozen Iraqi air force security forces students took a step closer toward autonomous base security after graduating from a training course taught by Iraq Training and Advisory Mission-Air advisors April 7. The two-week course aimed to prepare the initial cadre of Iraqi airmen planning to

  • Top III Shadow program provides mentoring opportunity

    Developing and mentoring Airmen is a daily challenge. Add in the extra responsibilities that deployed locations pose and the opportunities for developing and mentoring can become scarce. The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing's Top III Council has an ongoing program here to ensure that developing and

  • Photo essay: 386th ESFS members spruce up base with mural

    Senior Airman Angela Christiansen, Staff Sgt. Joe Roman, Airman 1st Class Ryan Rucker and Senior Airman Isac Ramos work to finish a mural at the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing April 7. They are all members of the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron deployed to Southwest Asia from the 514th

  • POL shatters fuels record

    It seemed like just another day to the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron petroleum, oil and lubricants specialists here, but it ended up shattering records.Transit Center POL flight broke their own record, March 11, by pumping 587,546 gallons of jet fuel in a 24-hour period. Their

  • Healing the healers

    Chaplains help those in need, even if they just need a day off.Chaplain (Capt.) David B. Knight, 451st AEW chaplain, accepted the additional duty of serving as chaplain over the Role 3 hospital at Kandahar Airfield for several weeks in April while the primary, Navy Chaplain (Lt. Cmdr.) Andrew