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  • Air Force Marathon runs through Iraq

    While many Air Force Marathon participants in Dayton, Ohio, may have been winding down the night before the race, runners at Ali Base began pacing themselves with the sound of a car horn. More than 70 Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and civilians - American and Romanian -- took off into the darkness in

  • 3 deployed Airmen, 200-plus weapons: 1 secure wing

    Three members of the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron here swapped out the last of 235 hand guards on the unit's cache of M-4 carbines Wednesday. The modification will provide critical upgrades to the current capabilities of the weapon. "This upgrade benefits the mission by providing our

  • Air Force band Yuma and Kyrgyz share culture through music

    The United States Air Force Band Yuma, also known in the U.S. as Max Impact, played ten concerts in the Kyrgyz Republic during an eight-day tour Sept. 4-11. Yuma is a 5-person band that fuses elements of contemporary music from today's hip-hop, pop and urban sounds - and everything in between.

  • Bees get economy 'buzzing' in Bazarak District

    One Hundred fifty bee boxes were delivered to Bazarak District Sept. 17 as part of an overall $180,000 province-wide project to help both the local economy and boost agricultural production. Seventy-five needy families in each of the six lower districts throughout Panjshir will each receive two of

  • PRT, local gov't and NGO work together to bring jobs to Panjshiri women

    More than 30 families are benefiting from a women's poultry training program that has just started in Tawakh village, Anaba District. A team made up of members of MARWA, an Afghan non-governmental organization, the Department of Women's Affairs, and the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team