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  • Pave Hawks prove to be vital for medical evacuations

    Flares and courage. When the Army's DUSTOFF medics take to the Afghan skies for a medical evacuation, this is all they are equipped with. Sometimes flares and courage are not enough though. Under certain weather conditions, the UH-60 Black Hawks used by the Army are unable to perform medical

  • PRT proving ingenuity is all it takes to make a difference

    In a country where the reality is that parents will have to bury one of their children before the age of 5, members of a coalition provisional reconstruction team at Zabul are working to reverse this staggering trend. After two Air Force medical professionals spent some time on the ground in

  • Bats surpass 2,500 combat sortie

    The 43rd Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron, in combination with the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Silver Aircraft Maintenance Unit, reached a significant milestone in August when they completed their 2,500th Operation Iraqi Freedom combat sortie. The 43rd EECS "Bats,"

  • New bidding process creates standards Afghanistan can grow with

    The Kapisa and Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team, located on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, introduced a new bidding process which has been used as a basis by the U.N.'s Assistance Mission Afghanistan in proposals for Afghan donors and contributors recently. This new process was created to

  • More Afghan women attending Shuras shows progress

    More than 100 local women attended the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team Woman's Shura in Anaba District, Aug. 4, participated in the welfare of their villages and addressed ongoing issues. Air Force Capt. Jillian Torango, Panjshir PRT, and Miriam Panjshiri, director of women's affairs,

  • The 572nd Air Force band sings their way into Kyrgyz children’s hearts

    The Air Force Central Command band "Sirocco" brought a batch of songs and a pleasurable performance that left a trail of smiles across little faces at the Najesda Center Orphanage in Bishkek, Aug. 12. The 11-person band visited the orphanage as a part of a ten-day trip to Manas, which included