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  • Photo essay: Sentry maintainers ready deployed AWACS

    Each day, E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft fly combat missions in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, providing an airborne command-and-control capability.To keep the E-3 Sentry flying in the deployed areas, Airmen from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance

  • Airmen continue distributing medical supplies to Bishkek

    Airmen delivered medical supplies and food to two Bishkek hospitals April 15, 2010, and visited with patients who were injured last week in Kyrgyzstan. This is a continuation of efforts started just a couple of days ago when 16,000lbs - approximately $82,000 worth - of supplies including bandages,

  • Humanitarian efforts deliver big results

    Most American parents are familiar with taking their children's lengthy school supply list to the store and filling a shopping cart full of paper, pencils and much more. Unfortunately, most Iraqi parents can't afford to do that for their children. That is where the Airmen and Soldiers of Kirkuk

  • HA mission brings Airmen to psychological boarding house in TokMok

    Airmen from the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, are reaching out to the city of Bishkek and surrounding areas to provide humanitarian assistance.One such HA mission took place April 14, 2010, in Iskra Village about two hours away from the Transit Center, when Airmen brought food, clothing, and

  • Dental advice: Only floss the ones you want to keep

    Few things compare with the pain of a toothache. It hurts to eat; the hot and cold sensations shoot through your teeth and any relief is temporary. The only thing worse is the fact you have to go to the dentist to make it better. "People do come in and say they hate us," said Staff Sgt. Tamika

  • Pinewood Prep school flies Kyrgyz flag to honor Birdek School

    A U.S. preparatory school in South Carolina which "adopted" the Birdek School in Kyrgyzstan recently flew the Kyrgyz flag as part of their educational and cultural awareness curriculum. It also served as a visual reminder of their "sister school," and brought the 830 kindergarten through 12th grade

  • Transit Center Airmen lend a helping hand

    Airmen brought smiles to the faces of dozens of children during a visit to the Belovodsky Orphanage April 13, 2010, in Belovodsky Village, Kyrgyzstan.The visit to the Manas Area Benefit Outreach Society-sponsored orphanage, organized by Lt. Col. Neal Linch, the Transit Center's humanitarian