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  • Airmen perform operations with Kyrgyz surgeons

    Airmen at the Transit Center at Manas gave their host nation a taste of the "precision of the American surgeons" during surgical operations between the Airmen and Kyrgyz doctors in a local hospital here Dec. 11.The team of medical Airmen led by Col. Jerrold Flyer, 376the Expeditionary Medical Group

  • New Air Force legal assistance Web site now online at Kandahar

    Trying to deal with legal issues back home while deployed can be incredibly stressful. Last week, the Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps unveiled a new public Web site that gives service members, retirees, and dependents additional tools to manage legal assistance issues, and Kandahar was

  • Program empowers Afghan citizens to protect against threat of IED attacks

    A new program backed by Afghan National Security Forces and Combined Joint Task Force-82 empowers Afghan citizens to take a stand against improvised explosive device attacks. "Operation Jaeza," or "reward," gives Afghans a protection from enemy actions targeting innocent people, said Maj. Gen. Abdul

  • Squadron highlights capabilities during Afghan rescue mission

    A soldier is wounded during a joint British and Afghanistan National Army patrol in Helmand Province. Shot through both legs, his condition worsens while being cared for by the medics. It is time to call in the professionals to get him off the battlefield and to the hospital. The radios erupt with

  • Cricket match promotes youth sports, peace in Kunar province

    On a dusty field in downtown Asadabad, cricket took center stage in an exhibition match to promote peace and youth sports in Kunar province recently.More than 400 adults and children gathered on a cool afternoon to watch the Dam Kalay Tigers play the Kerala Eagles in an entertaining and competitive

  • Secretary Gates thanks Kirkuk's Airmen, Soldiers

    U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addressed more than 300 Airmen and Soldiers here Dec. 11, reaffirming the critical role the service members play in Iraq's progress toward becoming a self reliant nation."I know some of you are finishing up your tours and I just want you to know how grateful I

  • Commentary: Thank You Airmen

    Editor's note: The following is a commentary from a U.S. Army Fires Support Officer who was stationed at Combat Outpost Keating, Afghanistan, roughly 10 miles from the Pakistan border. The morning of Oct. 3, 2009 erupted in gunfire for this lieutenant and his outpost. These are his thanks to the