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  • Academy cadets deploy to Southwest Asia

    Air Force Academy seniors, Cadet 1st Class Eric Varner, from Austin, Texas and Cadet 1st Class Alan Foote, Wilson, N.C., visit the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia as part of their summer deployed operatons program. They deploy to operatoinal wings in the

  • U.S. Airmen deliver $10k of aid to Maevka Villagers

    Airmen from the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, donated $10,000 worth of household goods purchased off the local economy June 7, 2010, to families of Maevka Village whose homes were damaged or destroyed during the revolution here April 7, 2010.Among the items were staples like flour, pasta, and

  • Home away from home: JBB H6 housing complex

    Airmen have many concerns about their gaining deployed location. An obvious one may be where they are going to live when they arrive.Servicemembers staying in the H6 housing complex on Joint Base Balad can put their worries to bed.As soon as the member's first sergeant receives news that an Airman

  • Taking leave en route requires home station approval

    Recently, Air Force officials announced a change to the leave policy, allowing Airmen to take leave en route within the continental United States when they return home, or redeploy, from the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.Lt. Gen. Mike Hostage, commander, U.S. Air Forces Central

  • Afghan Air Corps delivers supplies to 600 students, 150 teachers

    The Afghan National Army Air Corp has performed their first-ever humanitarian assistance distribution mission with support from their Combined Air Power Transition Force mentors on June 7th, 2010. The mission was considered a success as the truckload of school supplies which included backpacks,

  • Aircraft ‘CSI’ teams assess damage, aid flight crews

    Battle damage assessment is critical to the war fighter and at Kandahar Airfield, the members of the Joint Combat Assessment Team understand how critical their skills are to the war fighter."We assess battle damage done to any U.S. aircraft. It could be a helicopter, fighter jet, anything.

  • Paktika PRT SECFOR: All roads lead home

    The list of hometowns reads like an I-85/I-26 roadmap: Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Waterloo.Regardless of their individual starting points, they are together here, making a difference in Afghanistan.The soldiers assigned to the B/1-178th Field Artillery Regiment, South Carolina Army National