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  • Security Forces Airmen are issued a "best friend"

    Outside the kennels at Kandahar Airfield in late March, several otherwise stoic security forces Airmen gushed to their dogs, which jumped happily as they were released into the rocky yard.The Airmen stressed, however, that these are not pets. These are working dogs.At Kandahar Airfield, military

  • CASF: A step towards recovery

    A critical part to the seamless transition of medical care from the battlefield to recovery is patient comfort. This is where members of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility come in. A 24-hour staging operation, CASF technicians coordinate the

  • Fittest fighter challenge betters Airmen

    In what began as an individual journey, members from the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group will culminate 10 weeks of fitness challenge as a team during the Fittest Fighter finale, April 9 at the hospital.The Fittest Fighter finale begins at 7 a.m., in the Dragon's Den of the hospital, with an

  • PeH holds mass graduation; Ushers in first AAF qualified instructors

    More than forty Afghan Air Force Airmen graduated from various courses at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the Afghan Air Force's "Big Air School," on the Afghan Air Force base in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 31.The mass graduation covered students who completed the Basic Loadmaster, Basic Instructor, Aircraft

  • Volunteers carry the weight of war

    They may be in a war zone, but many Airmen at Kandahar Airfield work in offices similar to the ones they use in the United States. In fact, some deployed personnel are in career fields that dictate they may never step outside the wire, so they volunteer to help those who do. "I know what I do is

  • 386th firefighters train with the hot stuff

    As the old adage goes, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." The members of the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer fire department don't have that option. When the temperature is rising and the fire is burning, it's those Airmen who are running in to save the day. The members of the

  • USAF, Iraqi air force officials discuss T-6 Texan's future in Iraq

    The Iraqi air force took a step closer to self-sustainment after hosting their first T-6 Texan trainer aircraft program management review at New Al Muthana Air Base just days before a historic instructor pilot flight. The conference held March 17 brought together more than 30 representatives from

  • PRT Kapisa brightens future for girls of Kapisa

    Kapisa Ministry of Education officials, the Gulab Kapisa Construction Company and members of Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team co-hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Kohi Girls' School in Afghanya, Afghanistan, March 28 to celebrate the completion of the school."Education is an essential

  • Royal Air Force members train female Afghan lieutenants

    "Good, nose up, speed coming off, ready...touchdown, beautiful." It wouldn't surprise you to hear these commands at any pilot training base around the world. What's different here, however, is the person receiving the commands -- 20-year-old 2nd Lt. Masooma Hussaini, who will soon become one of the

  • KAW fire department conducts live burn training

    Kandahar Air Wing firefighters successfully completed live structural interior fire training at KAW March 28. The live interior burns were a first for KAW and represented a milestone in their firefighting capabilities.Training focused on basic fire theory, practicing various forms of direct and