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  • PRT strives to provide brighter future to youths in Qalat

    The Airmen and Soldiers deployed to the Zabul provincial reconstruction team have a deployed life that is probably a bit different than many of their fellow servicemembers. Their primary mission takes them off their small compound in Southeastern Afghanistan into local communities where they work

  • Iraqis sign container contract with Joint Base Balad

    An Iraqi businessman, a local tribal leader and the commander of Joint Contracting Command - Iraq/Afghanistan, gathered here Aug. 21 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony of the latest contract for the Iraqi First program between Joint Base Balad and the Miran Co. Hashim Abd Al-Amir Mahdi of the Miran Co.

  • Air Force rescue teams enhance Army medical evacuation mission

    Likened to a Swiss Army knife due to their versatility on the battlefield, Airmen of the 305th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron here with their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters have been carrying out their mission with life-saving success. Since March, rescue crews have performed medical evacuations for

  • Panjshir Breaks Ground for Bakshikhiel Bridge

    It was only a small group who came to the groundbreaking of the new $179,000 Bakshikhiel Bridge in Rokha District, Panjshir on Aug 24, but it was the biggest celebration. The importance of this new bridge is not lost on the local villagers. On June 27, 2007, a flash flood ravaged parts of the Rokha

  • Maintainers halve jet-engine swap time

    Maintainers swapped out what they hope is the last of six jet-engine replacements over the course of 120 days here Sunday. Replacing six E-3 Sentry, or AWACS, engines in one deployment rotation is unprecedented, according to Master Sgt. Chuck Ratajczyk, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance