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  • Raven B operators maintain ‘eyes-on’ for Airmen ground forces

    "There it is," said Staff Sgt. Jeff Tomkiewicz, 887th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, as he pointed at a little, buzzing white dot in the sky. As the Raven B operator approached the small strip of sand of Camp Bucca's Burge Field, the tiny Raven B unmanned aerial system hovered above the

  • Quick thinking crew, teamwork, helps navigate tanker out of trouble

    "Any aircraft, any station, this is Shell 73, Emergency. We've lost complete navigational capability. Request assistance." This was the mayday call from Capt. Matthew Jaeger as he and the crew of Shell 73, a KC-135 Stratotanker from Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, transmitted in blind while flying

  • New unit brings new mission to Kandahar for Afghan troop increase

    Driving around Kandahar Air Field - a NATO base inhabited by several coalition partners in southern Afghanistan -one can see massive expansion and construction in every direction as part of the build-up of forces in the country. One example of this build-up occurred with the recent stand-up of a new

  • Manas Airmen build bonds with Bishkek babushkas

    Wearing woolen coats, knitted caps, and hand-crocheted shawls, three elderly Kygryz ladies climb slowly onto a shuttle bus in downtown Bishkek. The babushkas, or grandmas, are greeted by a cheerful "Hello, Maria! Hello, Vera! Hello Mariya!" Manas Air Base Outreach Society volunteers have come to

  • U.S. Airman killed in Eastern Afghanistan

    An Airman assigned to the 755th Air Expeditionary Group's Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team in Jalalabad was killed by an improvised explosive device in Eastern Afghanistan March 15. The name of the Airman is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification and release by Department of Defense

  • Afghan women celebrate culture at Women's Day event

    With burkas and families set aside for a few hours, nearly 125 Afghan women and girls relaxed, enjoyed one another's company and shared their culture during an International Women's Day celebration at the Astana Guesthouse in Bazarak District, March 8. The event, organized by the Panjshir Director

  • JET Airmen support the Central Criminal Court of Iraq

    Iraqi judges, lawyers and investigators walk through the hallowed halls of the Central Criminal Court of Iraq here. Along these corridors of marble, wood, steel and glass, a small group of U.S. military lawyers move about from office to courtroom. In accordance with the new security agreement signed