Afghan soldiers master driving Humvees

Humvees will soon become the Afghan National Army's vehicle of choice on the battlefield, but not until every soldier is qualified to safely operate them. For this reason, Air Force Capt. Todd Klusek and Army Capt. William Snyder, combat service support senior mentors assigned to the Combined

Nocturnal workers: Airmen keep the base mission going long after the sun goes down

People seem to think that when they close their eyes at night, the rest of the base follows suit until morning, but that's not the case. While we are comfy in our beds, the flightline is buzzing with activity and the mission is still well underway. Airmen in Southwest Asia are covered in sweat,

Tigers' roar heard throughout the AOR

Minutes from their target, four crewmembers in a B-1 Lancer brace themselves as their aircraft fights turbulence. Bouncing and jolting against the bumps as they roll through the clouds in the skies of the Middle East. Circling the troops below, the weapons system officer focuses his eyes to find the

Smoothing it over

Lab on alert

Airmen help graduate Afghan's newest firefighters

Eleven members of the Afghan National Army Air Corps recently became the first graduates of the Air Corps Firefighting School May 29 at Kabul. The graduates completed four months of class work, countless hands-on exercises extinguishing various types of fires and practicing lifesaving techniques

Iraqi Air Force enhances capabilities with instructor school

The Iraqi Air Force has continued rebuilding efforts to become a credible and capable military entity by recently establishing the Flight Instructor School for Iraqi pilots. The school puts the most experienced of Iraq's operational pilots into the classroom and cockpit at the Iraqi Flying Training

Airmen keep servicemembers, families connected

More than 24,000 Airmen are deployed throughout Afghanistan, Iraq, the Persian Gulf Region and the Horn of Africa areas of operation and near the top of most Airmen's lists is staying connected with their loved ones back home. At one Southwest Asia air base, a group of 17 Airmen from the 386th

Improvements target morale

A genuine caring attitude drives the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Airmen who continuously work to improve the MWR facilities and events for Airmen and Soldiers here. Assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, two of the three MWR Airmen arrived in March to discover a facility

Under the belly of the beast