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Morning flight check

Capt. Daniel Boone, 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Detachment 1, instructor pilot, sits in the co-pilot position during the last airlift mission out of the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, March 3, 2014. The flight signified the unofficial end to the fourth and final mission pillar here, airlift. With the end of support operations for Afghanistan at the TCM, future airlift missions will be dedicated to the center?s closure. Boone is deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)
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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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Mission Complete

A crew chief with the 376th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron marshalls in a KC-135 Stratotanker after the a flight at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 24, 2014. The flight was the last combat-refueling mission over Afghanistan from the TCM. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)
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Manas KC-135s complete final mission, leave Kyrgyzstan

A crew chief with the 376th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron marshalls in a KC-135 Stratotanker after a flight at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 24, 2014. The flight was the last combat refueling mission over Afghanistan from the TCM. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman George Goslin)
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Manas KC-135s complete final mission, leave Kyrgyzstan

A KC-135 Stratotanker taxis in after a flight at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 24, 2014. The aircraft completed the final refueling mission over Afghanistan from the TCM. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman George Goslin)
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Last JET home

Senior Airman Robert Mitchum rolls up his sleeping bag in order to return it to inventory at the equipment issue point at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 6, 2014. Mitchum was one of the last joint expeditionary tasked Airman to transit through the TCM before the 466th Air Expeditionary Group moved to Al Udied Air Base, Qatar, because of the upcoming TCM closure. While deployed to Afghanistan, Mitchum was with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force as a combat advisor to the Afghan National Police. He was deployed from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and a native Chicago, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)
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Taking the last Inventory

(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Staff Sgt. David Simmons, 466th Air Expeditionary Group supply manager, inventories the last incoming joint expeditionary tasking/individual augmentee?s equipment at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 6, 2014. The 466th Air Expeditionary Group moved to Al Udied Air Base, Qatar, before the upcoming TCM closure. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)
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Packing up the last JET

The last joint expeditionary tasking/individual augmentee Airman to come through the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, packs up his ruck sack to return it to the equipment issue point Feb. 6, 2014. The 466th Air Expeditionary Group, which kept accountability of all JET/IA Airmen in Afghanistan, moved to Al Udied Air Base, Qatar, because of the upcoming TCM closure. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)
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See you later

Olga Voroshihina, Birdik Village School principal, says goodbye to Col. John Vaughn, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing vice commander during his last visit to the Birdik Village School in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 5, 2014. This visit is the last time Airmen from the TCM will go to the school due to the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Kyrgyzstan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)
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A Cinderella Story

Students put on an English version of Cinderella during an English class at the Birdik Village School in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 5, 2014. The Transit Center at Manas has continued to support the school since 2009 when the center completely overhauled the building with $150,000 in renovations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)
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Airmen make final visit to local Kyrgyz school

Representatives from the Transit Center at Manas dance with the students during a performing arts class at the Birdik Village School in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 5, 2014. This visit was the last time Airmen from the TCM would go to the school prior to the full withdrawal of U.S. forces from Kyrgyzstan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)
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Airmen make final visit to local Kyrgyz school

Capt. Katherine Portillo, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Theater Security Cooperation social and cultural branch chief, dances with one of the students at the Birdik Village School in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 5, 2014. This visit is the last time Airmen from the TCM visited the school prior to the full withdrawal of U.S. forces from Kyrgyzstan. Portillo is deployed from Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., and a native of the Ambergris Caye, Belize. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)
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Airmen make final visit to local Kyrgyz school

Col. John Vaughn, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing vice commander, speaks to students during a physics class at the Birdik Village School in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 5, 2014. This visit was the last time members of the wing staff agency at the Transit Center at Manas would visit the school prior to the base shutting down. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)
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Airmen make final visit to local Kyrgyz school

Col. John Vaughn, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing vice commander, and Valentina Turabekova, 376th AEW assistant to the commander, watch as the children of the Birdik Village School sing songs and dance in Birdik, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 5, 2014. This visit was the last time members of the wing staff agency at the Transit Center at Manas would go to the school prior to the base shutting down. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)
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Unplugging from Kyrgyzstan

Staff Sgt. Kathryn Meany, 376th EOSS radar air traffic control liaison, shuts down her radar console as the last step of deactivating the military radar air traffic control liaison position Jan. 31, 2014. The radar liaison deactivation is one part of the Transit Center at Manas departure. Per the Kyrgyz government, the lease for the Transit Center ends July 11, 2014. Meany is deployed from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and is a native of Fairbanks, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)
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