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  • Thirty-three years later, E-3 Sentry still going strong

    On March 23, 1977, the first E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft was delivered to 55nd Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Most likely, maintenance Airmen were on hand to receive and recover the planes as they arrived. Thirty-three years later, much of the same

  • Theater hospital wall preserves memory and sacrifice

    The 20 ft x 30 ft flag under which thousands of patients have passed on their way to the Air Force Theater Hospital at Joint Base Balad is oft-photographed in military circles. But lesser known, though no less poignant, are the walls of the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility's recreation room.

  • CASF not just about patient movement

    (Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series dealing with Joint Base Balad's aeromedical evacuation mission)While onward patient movement to expedite treatment of physical injuries is a vital mission of the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility staff, the patient care while in transit

  • Don't cross into the deployment 'blues'

    Everybody has experienced the "blues" in some shape or form. But what can people do to boost their spirits when these low feelings hit in a deployed environment? According to Lt. Col. (Dr.) Stephen Cook, 506th Expeditionary Medical Squadron psychologist, there are three stages of stress in regards

  • Photo essay: Fuels flight opens doors to base Airmen

    The 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight hosted more than 40 guests March 21, 2010 during an Open House at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. During the event, flight members took turns showing Airmen the fuels process from offloading and receiving to

  • Airman-funded heart surgeries change 150 children's lives

    In an age when Americans are able to vote for a healthcare bill when they are dissatisfied with the current plan, many people around the world, including in Kyrgyzstan, struggle to afford surgery without any health insurance at all.So, American Airmen from the Transit Center have rallied together,

  • Joint EOD training at the Transit Center benefits two nations

    Kyrgyz army explosive ordnance disposal technicians visited the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, March 15 to 19 for a subject matter information exchange with US EOD Airmen and Soldiers.U.S. Army Central EOD staff, who assisted with the visit, regularly tour countries in the area of

  • Construction begins on new fuel pipeline at Southwest Asia base

    Construction began on a new 2.7-mile pipeline March 17 to bolster ground refueling operations for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base here.The $5.7 million project calls for the construction of an above-ground 8-inch carbon steel pipeline from the existing tanker truck offload

  • Afghan forward observer class a success

    Editor's note: This post was pulled from the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan Web site and details the final day of training conducted by U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 438th Expeditionary Advisory Group. For more information about the NTM-A, see Brig. Gen. Michael Boera's blog entry and others