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  • Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum commander visits AAF Base in Kabul

    The commander of Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum visited the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul Feb. 24 to get a hands-on feel for the direction of the Afghan Air Force as NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan drives the initiative to help develop an independent and self-sustaining AAF."I wanted to

  • Airmen teach classes, build partnership

    Near the busy runway of Kandahar Airfield, under the constant rumble of aircraft engines, a group of Afghans gathered with members of the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing to watch a munitions demonstration on the A-10 on Feb. 22, 2011. The demonstration, however, was about more than the aircraft. It

  • Combing the A-10 keeps "Sharks" in the air

    Every 500 flight hours, each A-10 must go through a phase inspection. In the five months the current inspection team of the 451st AEW has been at Kandahar Airfield, they've completed twenty phase inspections and repaired more than 6,000 total discrepancies.The inspection might find hairline cracks,

  • Another "New Afghan Eagle" leaves for the U.S.

    First Lieutenant Hamidullah Amin, a pilot candidate in the Afghan Air Force and student at the Afghan Air Force English immersion lab known as the "Thunder Lab" at Kabul, Afghanistan, flew from the Kabul International Airport to a partner nation in the Middle East to start pilot training Feb.

  • Afghan Airman promotes integrity

    An Afghan Air Force Airman was awarded Gen. David Petraeus' Commander's Coin during a ceremony at the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul Feb. 22.Maj. Mer Agha, the AAF's aviation life support equipment shop chief, earned the coin for his honesty and integrity in halting a false promotion as NATC-A

  • Deployed Airmen celebrate the life of a fallen Defender

    A white cross stood center-stage in the packed auditorium, adorned with a helmet on top, an M-16 rifle, combat boots and a set of dog tags. To the left, a green wreath speckled with yellow flowers. To the right, a picture of Airman 1st Class Christoffer P. Johnson overlooked the audience.Members of

  • Airman receives 'Final Alarm' call heard round the world

    They stood rigid and tall in a row, with somber faces, eyes fixed forward. The gleaming brass bell's tone sliced through the silence at exactly 9 a.m. - ringing once, twice and a final third time to complete the firefighter's Last Alarm Call. For the next 30 seconds, the 380th Expeditionary Civil

  • U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan visits Thunder Lab

    U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry toured the Afghan Air Force English immersion lab known as the "Thunder Lab" at Kabul, Afghanistan Feb. 23.During his tour of the Thunder Lab Ambassador Eikenberry met the Afghan Air Force lieutenants, known as new Afghan Eagles, who live and train

  • Local students learn about life in Kyrgyz and U.S. militaries

    High school students from Leninskoye village participated in a first-ever Kyrgyz-U.S. Military Orientation Day at the Transit Center Feb 22.At the age of 18, young men in Kyrgyzstan may expect a one-year compulsory service in the armed forces. Young women of the same age have the option to