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  • SF Airmen make each shot count

    The scene is a typical firing range, not unlike what one would find built for a gun club or on an Army post or Air Force base. The line safety officers meticulously watch the novice shooters, holding their weapons properly, aiming at a silhouette target further down the range. "Is the line ready,"

  • Kyrgyz media visits Afghanistan PRT

    One year ago, a Kyrgyz journalist had an idea to travel to Afghanistan to see how Manas Air Base, in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic [commonly known as Kyrgyzstan] fits into the bigger picture of Operation Enduring Freedom and International Security and Assistance Force efforts. Four Kyrgyz journalists

  • Coalition partner shares Spanish tradition

    Airmen of the Spanish "Mizar" Detachment here treated several hundred Coalition personnel and local Kyrgyz guests to a paella dinner and an evening of festivity during their annual celebration of the Bonfires of Saint John July 1. "What a thrill to experience something as culturally enlightening as

  • CE work order eaters

    They're a hungry bunch and they wolf-down a lot of work orders, about 14 a week since their arrival here. The seven Airmen assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron structures shop have been busy maintaining, improving and constructing infrastructure for Air Force and coalition

  • Iraqi air force soars through U.S. guided exercise

    Members of the Coalition Air Force Training Team assigned to the 370th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron at New Al Muthana Air Base, Iraq, have been training and mentoring members of the Iraqi air force in their functional areas for years. Recently, the 370th AEAS partnered with members of the

  • Airmen participate in Kyrgyz military cultural exchange

    Manas AB Airmen wrapped up the wing's second year of participation in a cultural exchange program with Kyrgyz military officers. The exchange program, or "conversation group", met weekly in downtown Bishkek and gave Kyrgyz officers a chance to improve their English listening and speaking skills,