Deployed KC-10 Extenders, Airmen maintain combat operations

Afghan National Army Corps aircrews fly above Kabul on Mujahedeen Victory Day

The Afghan National Army Air Corps demonstrated precision, capability, pride, and a little bit of fun today when they performed a small variety of close formations in low level flying above the city of Kabul. The demonstration was conducted as part of the Mujahedeen Victory Day celebration and

CASF Airmen provide total care

As combat operations continue in the Helmand Province and Coalition Forces strive to eliminate the Taliban influence in the region, a small team of Total Force Airmen from the 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Det. 1 Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility are here to assist U.S.

Maintenance Airmen ensure rescue missions save lives

When aircrews and pararescuemen of the 41st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron get a category-alpha alert call, the HH-60G Pave Hawk they use to conduct their mission has to be off the ground in 10 minutes. Here, where rescue crews average five or six alert calls a day, the 43 Airmen at the 451st

Deployed Airmen use technology to enjoy togetherness while they are worlds apart

Mrs. Rebecca Vance could hardly contain her 4-year-old fraternal twins. The boy, a redhead named Cooper, and the girl, a blonde named Caroline, bounced around in front of a laptop computer screen as they listened to and watched their father Capt. Brian Vance who stood 4,000 miles away at an

2 Airmen start fundraising trend

Two young enlisted Airmen started a fundraiser last month that had a contagious effect, ending with $5,000 for the Manas Area Benefits Outreach Society children's heart surgery fund.Beginning with a goal of raising about $500 - enough to fund one surgery - the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness

Iraq equipment heads home

TC Manas helps Nadjeshda support disabled children

The Airmen from the Transit Center at Manas are helping the Nadjeshda Children's Center, in Kyrgyzstan, by teaching them how to sign, draw, study, work and have fun as children all over the world do."The Nadjeshda Center makes the impossible, possible," said Sam Duechenbi, a German translator for

U.S. Ambassador visits Balad's leadership and PRT

One year after being appointed to the position of United States Ambassador to Iraq, Ambassador Christopher Hill visited Joint Base Balad April 23, 2010.The ambassador made the trip to visit with base leadership to better understand the work that Balad's provincial reconstruction team is doing to

447th Transition of Authority

The 447th Air Expeditionary Group was realigned from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing to the 321st Air Expeditionary Wing during the transfer of authority ceremony held here April 24, 2010. Maj. Gen. Joseph Reynes Jr., director, Air Component Coordination Element U.S. Forces- Iraq, was the presiding