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  • Airman Basic Intelligence Course graduation

    Twelve members of the Afghan Air Force, including the first female student Sgt. Shakeela Rasa and two civilians, graduated from the Airman Basic Intelligence Course at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the Afghan Air Force's "Big Air School," Feb. 3. Attending the graduation was Maj. Gen. Mohammad Dawran, the

  • 737th EAS takes Rock Trophy Challenge

    With a 27-point lead ahead of the nearest competitor, the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron members won the Rock Trophy Challenge Feb. 1 and are the proud owners of the traveling Rock Trophy.The base-wide fitness and sports competition was fierce with only four points separating the fourth-place

  • AAF Thunder Lab honors one of its own

    Members of the Thunder Lab, an English immersion program based at the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul, awarded one of its students with the inaugural "Warrior of the Month" award during a ceremony held Feb. 3.AAF Lt. Hashmatullah received the award for his exemplary leadership and the fine example he

  • Rock members get tour of Quarry

    The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, also known as The Rock, invited Airmen throughout the wing to check out the Quarry, or the flightline, side of operations during the Quarry Open House Feb. 2 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. More than 20 Airmen from different support functions

  • Air Force officials announce FY11 additional force management measures

    Air Force leaders announced involuntary force management programs Feb. 2 to reduce personnel as a supplement to the voluntary programs announced in December. These measures are part of the Air Force's multi-year Force Management Program aimed at shaping and sizing the force. With more Airmen

  • Rubber removal begins at Bagram Airfield

    Since Jan. 30, Airmen who work on the flightline here have seen a new vehicle crossing the runway. The vehicle, a TrackJet TJ-24 complete with high-capacity vacuum suction system, looks like a water tanker with a vacuum attached to the front. Since its arrival, the slow-moving TJ-24 driven by

  • Deployed total force C-130 unit shatters airdrop record

    A total force integrated C-130J Hercules unit broke their squadron's monthly airdrop record Jan. 28 and then went on to shatter that record by the month's end at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.The 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, which has been in place at the airfield since March 2009, had a

  • Airman gets a surprise STEP promotion

    There's a difference between getting the job done and going above and beyond -- one staff sergeant went substantially beyond to get his mission accomplished. At a recently squadron formation with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Brig. Gen. Mike Minahan, 380th Air Expeditionary