TRANSIT CENTER AT MANAS, Kyrgyzstan -- Nowruz, the day of the vernal equinox, is a great festival which begins the Kyrgyz New Year. Members of the Transit Center at Manas were honored guests at the Birdik School, Nizhnechuiskoe village, for their Nowruz celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Daniel Nathaniel III)