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  • Worldwide memorial held for fallen TACP

    A memorial ceremony was held globally May 26, by tactical air control party Airman to honor a fallen comrade.The ceremony was held precisely at 9:11 a.m. Central Standard Time, in honor of Senior Airman Bradley Smith who is being forever memorialized on the TACP memorial at Hurlburt Field, FL. "It's

  • Air Force family bikes together on two continents

    Though more than 7,000 miles apart, one U.S. Air Force family spent May 23 riding together in a nationwide biking event raising awareness and providing support toward a cure for juvenile diabetes.Lt. Col. Harlan Fangmeyer, Combined Air Operations Center Combat Plans Division deputy chief, rode 20

  • Inaugural Yurt event brings 2 nations even closer

    Airmen from the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, have embraced the "spirit of Kyrgyzstan" by celebrating the most recent building here: a Yurt, which is the traditional nomadic Kyrgyz home and a structure which now symbolizes the friendship between the United States and its host nation here.The

  • LNOs: Working for personnel downrange

    There are 13 American provincial reconstruction teams operating within Afghanistan's borders.The mission of the PRTs is to assist the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan provide security, governance and development for its citizens.A PRT is not a typical combat zone unit because it

  • Personnel recovery team lives up to its motto

    'These things we do, that others may live.'It's the belief in that motto for the Airmen who operate and maintain Joint Base Balad's "Jolly Greens" that keep them dedicated to the mission.Training exercises, conducted at both deployed locations and Stateside home units, are a never-ending way of life

  • KC-10 flight engineer reaches 400 combat sorties in Southwest Asia

    It took 11 deployments of working on two different airframes and more than 1,900 flying hours to achieve, but Master Sgt. Clifford C. Hughes surpassed more than 400 combat missions as a flight engineer May 21, 2010, at a non-disclosed base here.Sergeant Hughes, a KC-10 Extender instructor flight

  • Medical aircrew saves lives - one stop at a time

    An aeromedical evacuation crew, consisting of two flight nurses and three medical technicians, completed a round-robin mission transporting patients from locations in Southwest Asia to critical care facilities May 13.The 332nd Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight's mission is to move patients

  • PAX terminal processes record-breaking numbers

    The Transit Center at Manas passenger terminal broke a record this month when they processed more than 4,200 U.S. and coalition forces coming in and out of Afghanistan May 16, 2010.Now, the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron PAX terminal is on track to break another record for the