Praetorians shut down historical 732nd ESFS, Det. 3

The 732nd Security Forces Squadron, Detachment 3, was inactivated July 3, at 7:32 a.m. during a ceremony where less than 50 of the remaining defenders saw their unit's colors cased."This ceremony marks the end of the Air Force's first, and longest, active police transition team in history," said Lt.

Project could bring 35,000 new trees to Panjshir Valley

Panjshir Governor Keramuddin Keram met with PRT Panjshir July 1 to discuss a project that could bring 35,000 new trees to the province by the end of the year.U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jeffrey Casada, Kentucky National Guard ADT leader with PRT Panjshir, and Jim Hoffman, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Airmen assist Kyrgyz relief workers

Airmen in Iraq collect platelets to save lives

"You will feel a little pinch," said an aphaeresis lab technician. "When the flow starts, it will come in this way, and then back out this way. The process doesn't take too long so, sit back and watch the movie." The pinch of the needle for some is acknowledgement of a job well done for saving the

332nd ECES firefighters save lives, property

To say the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Emergency Services Flight here is "busy" might be an understatement. It's like saying the summer heat at Joint Base Balad is "a little warm."The Balad Fire Emergency Services Flight consists of about 60 Air Force and Army firefighters, with

Afghan Air Force Flight Medic Academy graduate two

On July 6, 2010, two Afghan Air Force flight medics graduated from the Afghan Air Force Flight Medic Academy at Bagram Air Field.The Flight Medic's course is five weeks long and is taught by flight medics from Marne DUSTOFF, Task Force Knighthawk, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon who

7,000 pounds of aid moved to Kabul

On July 7, 2010 members from the Combined Air Power Transition Force moved 7,000 pounds of humanitarian supplies from Bagram Airfield to the Afghan Air Force base in Kabul during a two day trip. The trip was just the first in a series of planned supply trips to BAF for aid pick-up, as CAPTF plans to

Naturalization ceremony grants Luke Airman citizenship

A recent naturalization ceremony took place in Al Faw Palace here recognizing a new group of American citizens, including a first-term Airman deployed from the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.Amidst a green sea of 155 Soldiers, Airman 1st Class Johanz San Pedro, 732nd

First Afghan Air Force Born Non-Commissioned Officers

The Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the Afghan Air Force training school, graduated its first Team Leader Course on July 11, 2010. The Team Leader Course is a six-week non-commissioned officer building leadership course that takes soldiers that have completed the 9th grade and Basic Warrior Training and it

Extreme heat, hectic flightline keep 380th EMXS maintainers busy

At this undisclosed location the sweltering heat radiates off the flightline at temperatures of up to 150 degrees Fahrenheit.But the Airmen of the 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron do not use it as an excuse from doing their jobs.The flightline they work on is a busy place every day. With