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  • Service members seek 'Hope in Times like These'

    One hundred seventy-two U.S. Service members, Department of Defense employees, contractors and civilians attended the National Prayer Luncheon at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, April 21, 2010.The luncheon, entitled "Hope in Times like These," welcomed a distinguished visitor to the Transit

  • Turkmen Shi'a visit Sultan Saqi Shrine

    The 506th Air Expeditionary Group and the Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq assisted approximately 30 members of the predominantly Turkmen Shi'a community of the Tiseen neighborhood of Kirkuk city to visit the Imam Sultan Saqi Shrine and its surrounding cemetery,

  • AETC commander selected for Order of the Sword

    Air Education and Training Command enlisted members recently selected the AETC commander for induction into the Order of the Sword. Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz is set to accept the honor in a formal ceremony July 16, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The Order of the Sword is the highest honor and

  • Volcanic ash reroutes transport of Afghan war wounded

    U.S. military officials have rerouted some American troops wounded in Afghanistan through Iraq instead of Germany due to ash from an Icelandic volcano limiting European air traffic. A plume of ash continues to block European and transatlantic flight paths, including those of military aircraft.

  • AFCENT Band Reserve Generation rocks Bagram Airfield

    The sounds of music filled the air as members of the U.S. Air Forces Central Command Band, 'Reserve Generation,' stopped in as part of a two-month tour of the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility April 15-20, 2010. Bagram Airfield was one of the last stops for the band, deployed from Robins

  • ANAAC soldiers organize warehouse

    The Afghan National Army Air Corps recently tackled the daunting task of organizing their 5,400 square foot general purpose warehouse, which has a storage capacity of 15,600 square feet. They were given two weeks to complete the task with an additional 10 personnel and the help of their mentor,

  • Lodging office provides basic comforts to deployed personnel

    If you want to know how important the lodging office is to a deployed member, just ask someone whose last mission involved sleeping in a tent with no bathroom in sight and no cushiony mattress to sleep on after a long day's work. The lodging staff at Kirkuk Regional Air Base may not be able to offer

  • Airmen moving the mission at Camp Bastion

    A team of 28 aerial port and vehicle maintenance Airmen from the 451st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Det. 1 here are moving the mission in Afghanistan.The unit's air traffic operations center and ramp operations have uploaded and downloaded more than 40,000 short tons of cargo from