Keeping the lights on

Out on a wing

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

Mission heats up as sun sets

AGE, More than a Number

Airmen earn cavalry combat spurs

Building an Army base from scratch can be a difficult task. Just ask the Airmen who completed major construction at Forward Operating Base Garry Owen, the closest American base to the Iraq-Iran border. Lt. Col. Edward Bohnemann and Command Sgt. Maj. George Zamudio, the commander and senior enlisted

Training through the dog days of summer; Kyrgyz and Manas dog handlers build friendships, expertise

A Kyrgyz dog handler issues the order, "ISCHI!" which means "Search!" to Valya, a two-year-old pure Belgian Shepherd. Valya frantically starts her search through a large warehouse full of boxes, sniffing and scanning everything in sight as her handler follows close behind directing her every move.

Turn & Burn

Air Force band Sirocco takes Manas by storm

The Air Forces Central band "Sirocco" was a force to be reckoned with as they performed 15 concerts in their nine day visit here Aug. 7-15. The 11-person band's visit to Manas included multiple performances at an assortment of venues in the local Kyrgyz communities. They are from the 572nd Air Force

Iraq, Afghanistan airdrops reach all-time high

Resupplying U.S. and coalition forces on the ground is a critical logistical component of combat operations. Seven months into 2008, the U. S. Air Force has already supplied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan with more than 8.5 million pounds of goods. This surpasses the 2007 total and reaches an