Night Operations at Bagram Airfield

A Halvorsen loader pulls away from a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2014. Airmen from the aerial port and airlift squadrons support operations 24 hours a day at the Department of Defense’s busiest single runway airfield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Brian Wagner/Released)

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Precision is easy for PMEL

Staff Sgt. Eric Dasher uses a specialized ultraviolet lamp to test for hydrocarbons on an oxygen gauge at the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 25, 2014. Oxygen gauges are certified hydrocarbon free and oxygen safe so they can be used with liquid oxygen. Dasher is a 379th EMXS PMEL technician deployed from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., and a Riverton, Ill., native. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. David Miller)

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Night Week at Bagram Airfield

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II takes off on a nighttime mission from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2014. The aircraft and crews at Bagram are prepared to fly 24 hours a day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Gary J. Rihn/Released)

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J.R. Martinez

J.R. Martinez, a Soldier who was wounded in 2003 by an improvised explosive device in Iraq, feels the bite force of a military working dog named Duck during a K-9 demonstration at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 29, 2014. Martinez, who sustained burns to more than 34 percent of his body, discussed his story and how he overcome hardships in his life with the men and women currently deployed to AUAB. Today Martinez is a motivational speaker, actor and works with wounded warriors and burn-survivor victims to help them recover from their external and internal wounds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jared Trimarchi)

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Night Week at Bagram Airfield

An A-10 Thunderbolt II awaits a weapons reload at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2014. Airmen deployed from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., performed the weapons reload. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kayla Newman/Released)

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Night Week at Bagram Airfield

An F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off for a night mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2014. The F-16’s are deployed from Fort Worth, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kayla Newman/Released)

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Departures during clear skies over Bagram

A C-17 Globemaster III takes off from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 15, 2014. Strong winds allowed a clear sky during the morning. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Brian Wagner/Released)

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Going home

A KC-135 Stratotanker taxis while members of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing salute at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 24, 2014. The KC-135 departed the after the final refueling mission over Afghanistan from the TCM. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)

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Deployed firefighters create training inferno

A firefighter with the 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron asssesses thestatus of the remaining fire during a training event at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, March 1, 2014. The 376th ECES used the training to demonstrate how fast the tents burn: In this case, approximately two and a half minutes. The transient tent was the last in Hotel Alaska, marking another step in closing the facility and removing U.S. troops from the Transit Center by July 11, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)

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Month in photos: February 2014

Published March 6, 2014
U.S. Air Forces Central Command

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar -- Take a look at photos from U.S. Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility throughout the month of February 2014. To see a slideshow of the photos in this story click here.

Night Operations at Bagram Airfield

Precision is easy for PMEL

Night Week at Bagram Airfield

J.R. Martinez

Night Week at Bagram Airfield

Night Week at Bagram Airfield

Departures during clear skies over Bagram

Going home

Deployed firefighters create training inferno