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  • First sergeant provides tips for redeployment

    Redeployment is a joyful time, there is no doubt about that, but it can also be a time of stress and uncertainty, especially for Airmen with families.   Below is advice to help combat the reunion stress and uncertainty: · Take time to listen and talk to your loved ones. Communication is the basis of

  • Celebrating 62 years of airpower

    On the night of Sept. 18, Airmen from the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing here gathered at Camp Samek to celebrate the U.S. Air Force's 62nd birthday. A tradition of honor and a legacy of valor, commemorating 62 years of air and space power was the evening's theme. Airmen filled the chairs and benches

  • Congratulations to Kandahar's September promotees

    Master SergeantJose Becerra, 73rd EACSJames Tate, 451st ECSTechnical SergeantMario Munoz, 451st EAMXSKevin Myerscough, 129th ERQSStaff SergeantCory Curl, 451st EMSGChristopher Redmond, 451st EAMXSSenior Airman Brandon Clemons, 451st ELRSCameron Childress, 451st ESFSGabriel Diaz-Rosero, 451st

  • Local Afghans, Coalition forces celebrate the end of Ramadan at BAF

    Many Afghan dignitaries and international military coalition members visited Bagram Air Field, Sept. 21, for a celebration of Eid ul-Fitr, the Muslim feast that marks the end of fasting for Ramadan. Along with traditional Muslim dishes, great conversation was served up between members of all

  • Manas honors AF Birthday with full marathon

    More than 50 runners here went all the way and put their fitness to the test - all because of the Air Force's 62nd Birthday. The runners celebrated the Air Force Birthday at the Transit Center at Manas by participating in a 26.2-mile marathon and relay race hosted by the Manas Fitness Center Sept.

  • Bombs to bullets and everything in between: Ammo

    The 451st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight plays a role in everything from each bullet carried for personal protection to the big bombs loaded onto various aircraft to win wars. The mission of the munitions flight at Kandahar Airfield is to build, maintain, store and deliver all

  • AFSO 21 at war

    Many Airmen have heard of Air force Smart Operations for the 21st Century, or AFSO 21, and know that it is a set of procedures for improving our processes and eliminating waste. But how many Airmen think of applying AFSO 21 in a war zone?Recently, the 451st Expeditionary Maintenance Group took the

  • Utah Airmen vital to Afghanistan operations - Commentary

    The men and women of the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings arrived in Afghanistan and made history as the first U.S. F-16s to operate out of this country. The 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron's "Black Widows" landed quietly one late afternoon in July and the booming sound of the afterburner has been