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  • Air Force bids farewell to 586th AEG

    From Iraqi detainee transportation security, outside the wire patrols, detainee visitation and unmanned aerial vehicle operations at Camp Bucca, Iraq, to line haul convoy operations and various support functions, the men and women of the 586th Air Expeditionary Group have made a substantial impact

  • Maintainers say hello, goodbye to multiple missions each day

    Turning wrenches, getting greasy, and suffering through extreme temperatures on the flight line is all in a day's work for C-17 Globemaster III maintainers at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan.But even with a 40 percent increase in operations to accommodate a recent surge in Afghanistan, 376th

  • Maintainers say hello, goodbye to multiple missions each day

    Turning wrenches, getting greasy, and suffering through extreme temperatures on the flight line is all in a day's work for C-17 Globemaster III maintainers at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan.But even with a 40 percent increase in operations to accommodate a recent surge in Afghanistan, 376th

  • Combined service efforts, newly-stocked medication saves Soldier's life

    Recent decisions by joint military medical officials here to outfit paramedics with specialized equipment and to stock medicine rarely-needed by typical military patients in the Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility, saved a serviceman's life after he suffered a heart attack June 9,

  • 62nd ERS reaches 250K flying hours in AOR

    Members of the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at Kandahar Airfield reached a significant milestone recently when the Air Force's remotely piloted aircraft flew their 250,000th hour in Afghanistan at the end of May.The 62nd ERS is home to the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper aircraft at KAF.

  • Sather EOD keeps locals, U.S. forces safe

    The 447th Explosive Ordnance Disposal team disposed of more than 200, 40 mm grenades in five explosions June 12 at their demolition range here to minimize the number of hazards on the Victory Base Complex."There's a lot of dangerous stuff out there (like) improvised devices, old ordnance from past

  • Col Dwight Sones takes command of 376 AEW

    Colonel Blaine D. Holt relinquished command of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing to Col. Dwight. C. Sones in a ceremony outside the headquarters building June 15, 2010. Presiding over the change of command was Lt. Gen. Mike Hostage, Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, Southwest Asia.Colonel

  • Airmen purchase, deliver food for Osh

    In the spirit of joint security between the U.S. and Kyrgyzstan, officials from the Transit Center at Manas, together with officials from the Department of State, obtained nearly $9,000 worth of food and 1,600 gallons of fuel June 13, to send south to the region of Osh. Food and water were