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  • Zabul PRT breaks ground on girl's high school in Shajoy

    Members of the Air Force-led Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team, along with senior Afghan government officials and community leaders, celebrated the ground-breaking of a new girl's high school during a ceremony here Oct. 22. The school will be the first of its kind in the town of Shajoy, which has

  • SARC forms first Victim's Advocate Program on KAF

    The Sexual Assault Response Coordinator from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing on Bagram Airfield established the first Victim's Advocate Program here on Kandahar Airfield and in Regional Command-South for the U.S. Air Force. Captain Tabitha Stump, the only Air Force SARC in Afghanistan is on a

  • Safety officers visit KAF to understand challenges faced

    The Directors of Safety from U.S. Air Force Central Command and Air Combat Command visited Kandahar Airfield recently in order to better understand the mission of the units here and the challenges faced in regards to safety. Their visit was to prepare for an Oct. 27 board in which Lt. Gen. Mike

  • CAOC director to KAF Airmen: Great job, hang in there

    The director of the Combined Air and Space Operations Center arrived on Kandahar Airfield to meet with key leaders and thank Airmen for their dedication here Oct. 21.   Brigadier General Mark Graper visited to show his appreciation for the scope and scale of the mission and the large, strategic

  • Airman takes aim, hits targeted deployment goals

    "Don't count the days; make every day count," is the credo Brig. Gen. Craig Franklin, the installation commander, recommends military members adopt during their tour here. One Airman who accepted this challenge is a young, self-proclaimed outdoorsman from Salina, Kan. As his deployment comes to a

  • Air Force future bright with adaptable, connected Airmen

    After more than 21 months on the job, Chief Master Sgt. Scott Dearduff, U.S. Air Forces Central Command command chief, has a good perspective on the lives of the Airmen serving in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. A younger generation of Airmen, he said, is adapting to an

  • Airmen are enablers to mission success

    During a recent visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, Lt. Gen. Mike Hostage, U.S. Air Forces Central commander, spoke highly of the Airmen supporting ground commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan. General Hostage said he and his fellow military leaders are confident Airmen here and across the

  • 'Lion' Airmen patrol outside to protect inside

    For some Airmen, its keep your friends close and your enemies as far away from your base as possible. Every day, the 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron's force protection patrols, "the Lions," as they're called, travel outside of Joint Base Balad to provide a security presence that aims to

  • JBB platelets travel to Afghanistan

     In support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the Air Force Theater Hospital platelet apheresis lab here began dispatching blood platelets to Afghanistan Oct. 14, 2009. The AFTH has functioned as the sole platelet provider in Iraq. Now, it is the first in-theater medical facility to send platelets