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  • Afghan Air Force celebrates Christmas by conducting security drills

    While Christmas is celebrated around the world, Dec. 25 in Afghanistan is just a normal day for members of the Afghan military. So instead of opening presents or peeping into candy filled stocking, Afghan Air Force Airmen and members of the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron Security Forces

  • New Fuel System enhances Bagram's refueling capabilities

    Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuel Management Flight put to use a new fuel delivery system Dec. 21 which will change the way large aircraft are refueled here. The $130 million type III constant pressure system; owned by the 101st Sustainment Brigade, consist of two

  • Brother brings season’s greetings to deployed sister

    She had been telling her coworkers unceasingly about it for two weeks now, but who could blame her? After all, her big brother was coming to visit her for Christmas ... in Afghanistan!Then Dec. 23 rolled around and he was supposed to arrive around 1 p.m., but the flight got canceled - oh, the

  • One-man Christmas Carol evokes season's cheer in Afghanistan

    "Bah," said Scrooge. "Humbug!"Author Charles Dickens penned that famous line in his 1843 novella, "A Christmas Carol." The story tells of a stingy, tart Ebenezer Scrooge and his abrupt ethical, moral and spiritual renewal after the ghosts of Christmas descend upon him.Film, opera, radio and other

  • Afghan officials open new district center

    More than 90 local nationals from Shajoy, Zabul province, gathered inside the newly built Shajoy District Center walls for the opening ceremony of the center, Dec. 23.Provincial Gov. Ashraf Naseri and other provincial leaders were on hand to announce the opening and participate in a ribbon cutting

  • AAF, NATC-A troops deliver aid to Bamiyan

    Afghan Air Force Airmen and NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan Advisors delivered more than 3,600 pounds of humanitarian aid to Bamiyan Province Dec. 23. Against the backdrop of ancient Buddhist statues found in Bamiyan, AAF and NATC-A troops distributed blankets, jackets, school supplies and

  • Runway repair team keeps airlift moving at 386th AEW

    Senior Airman Jacob Cleer wrestles his 30-pound jackhammer into place and begins pounding the pavement on Runway 30 Right, one of two landing strips at an undisclosed air base here.Chunks of concrete fly into the air as the steel-tipped chisel digs into the tarmac, demolishing a patch of runway that