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Lights, Power, Air Conditioning

SOUTHWEST ASIA -Master Sgt. Darryl Harris, 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, engages the main power switch here Oct. 5, 2009. Sergeant Harris oversaw electrical operations coordinating 12 Airmen to bring electricity to 22 tents housing more than 200 soldiers. Sergeant Harris is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and grew up in Detroit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Charles Larkin Sr)
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Warrior of the Week: Airman Delanely

TRANSIT CENTER AT MANAS, Kyrgyzstan -- Airman Cassandra Delaney, 376th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron KC-135 crew chief opens a door on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft at the Transit Center. Airman Delaney is the Warrior of the Week at Manas. She ensures all maintenance is complete so that aircraft are prepared to complete in-flight refueling missions. Airman Delaney is deployed from the 92nd AMXS at Fairchild AFB, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Steele C. G. Britton)
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The line-up

TRANSIT CENTER AT MANAS, Kyrgyzstan -- Airmen from the 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer and Force Support Squadrons load desks to be taken to local villages from the Transit Center. Over three-hundred donated desks were loaded and taken to Manas' nearby villages and schools. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Steele C. G. Britton)
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Iraqi air force to receive new AOC

HAWK BASE, Iraq -- Air Force Lt. Col. Todd Pennington, Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission - Air Force air operations center chief, and Staff Brig. Gen. Wamidh, Iraqi air force director of operations, prepare to bury a time capsule during the Iraqi AOC ground breaking ceremony here Sept. 30, 2009. The time capsule contains candid photographs of Iraqi and U.S. AOC personnel and will be buried under the foundation of the new Iraqi AOC. The facility will play a vital role in the growth and future success of the Iraqi air force and maintaining a secure, stable, and sovereign Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Johnny L. Saldivar)
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Morale boosting Airmen

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Staff Sgt. Clint Whitney plays the guitar and sings to Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jennifer Pero here, Sept. 30, 2009, at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital. Sergeant Whitney is deployed from Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., and is a member of FALCON, a U.S. Air Forces Central Command band. FALCON decided to raise the morale of the hospital patients by singing to them here. "It's really nice to have someone visit; and even better I just got to enjoy the music" said Warrant Officer Jennifer Pero. Warrant Officer Pero is a Blackhawk pilot deployed from Fort Campbell, Ky., and hails from New London, Conn. Sergeant Whitney hails from Aberdeen, S.D. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)
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C-20 Ready to Fly

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Tech. Sgt. Brian Pettaway, a C-20H flight engineer with the 379th Expeditionary Operations Group, performs a preflight check prior to taking off on a mission, Sept. 25, 2009, in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Pettaway ensures the aircraft is functional to support airlift missions for high-ranking government and Department of Defense officials. Sergeant Pettaway is deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney)
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Relocating Resources

SOUTHWEST ASIA -Staff Sgt. LaWayne Rogers, 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, marshals the driver of a forklift forward to remove a shipping pallet from a trailer here Sept. 29, 2009. Sergeant Rogers is deployed from the 132nd Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, and grew up in Altoona, Iowa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Charles Larkin Sr)
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386th EOD

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgts Brian Dube (center), James Adams (left) and Patrick Heltne, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians, prepare a disposal operation of unserviceable aircraft flares with assistance from 386th ECES engineer 1st Lt. Todd Mergen. The EOD team here is responsible for assisting in force protection, supporting transient aircraft, disposing of ammo and standing ready to forward deploy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shaun Emery)
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Air Drop

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Dasilva, 8th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron ramp service specialist, deployed to a base in Southwest Asia, loads a C-17 Globemaster III with Container Delivery System bundles here Sept. 23, 2009. The CDS bundles, full of supplies for U.S. Marines, will be dropped to a base in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angelita Lawrence)
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Sharing a tune

KARABALTA VILLAGE, Kyrgyzstan -- Staff Sgt. Clint Whitney, U.S. Air Forces Central Command "FALCON" band vocalist, listens to Nail Ismailov, 12, perform a song following a performance in Kyrgyzstan. The FALCON band performed a show for the community of Karabalta while becoming very popular with audience members in attendance. The band is stationed at a base in Southwest Asia and is deployed from Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Steele C. G. Britton)
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Let us bow our heads

FORWARD OPERATING BASE WRIGHT, Afghanistan -- U.S. Air Force Chaplain (Capt.) Eric Boyer (standing) leads a service for deployed members at Foward Operating Base Wright, Afghanistan, Sept. 21, 2009. This service is one of several ministry opportunities that Chaplain Boyer participates in and offers to all military members who are stationed at or pass through the forward operating base. The chaplain is deployed from the 12th Flying Training Wing at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, and a native of Knoxville, Tenn. He is assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force-82 chaplain corps and was sent forward to FOB Wright. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Brian Boisvert)
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EFP Discovery

SOUTHWEST ASIA--Tech. Sgt. Ben Martin, 887th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, hands a thank you gift to a young Iraqi girl as an 887th ESFS translator looks on Sept. 18, 2009. The girl found and reported an explosively formed penetrator, or EFP, in an area outside of Camp Bucca, Iraq, that the 887th ESFS regularly patrols. (U.S. Air Force/Courtesy Photo)
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Final Respects

SOUTHWEST ASIA -Members of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing honor guard, ceremoniously destroy an unserviceable American flag during a Flag Retirement Ceremony Sept. 18, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Charles Larkin Sr)
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Weapons handling

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Left to right, Airman 1st Class Andrew Peppin, Senior Airman Adam Weaver and Airman 1st Class Brian Adkins, 37th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew members, transfer a GBU-38 from a MHU-83 bomb lift truck to a MJ-40 BLT prior to it being loaded into a B-1B Lancer, Sept. 16, 2009, in Southwest Asia. Carrying the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons in the Air Force inventory, the multi-mission B-1 is the backbone of America's long-range bomber force. It can rapidly deliver massive quantities of precision and non-precision weapons against any adversary, anywhere in the world, at any time. Airmen Weaver, Adkins and Peppin are deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney)
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Delivering the news

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- U.S. Air Force Capt. John Stamm, right, the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team public affairs officer, delivers Afghan newspapers in the Khenj district of Panjshir, Afghanistan, Sept. 6, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller)
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Airmen celebrate Air Force's birthday in AOR

CAMP VICTORY, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Liana Taylor (right), 447th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron services technician, helps Lt. Gen. Mike Hostage, U.S. Air Forces Central Command commander, cut the Air Force birthday cake at Al Faw Palace here Sept. 18, 2009. As is tradition, the highest and lowest ranking Airmen in attendance have the privilege of cutting the cake. More than 200 servicemembers attended the ceremony celebrating the Air Force's 62nd birthday where Maj. Gen. Joseph Reynes Jr., Air Component Coordination Element director, served as the keynote speaker for the evening. Airman Taylor is deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., and hails from Harwich, Mass. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Johnny L. Saldivar)
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Warrior of the Week: SrA Cameron Murray

TRANSIT CENTER AT MANAS, Kyrgyzstan -- Senior Airman Cameron Murray, 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron in-flight refueling journeyman, controls the boom on a KC-135 Stratotanker at the Transit Center. Airman Murray is the Warrior of the Week at Manas. He has flown numerous sorties off-loading over one-million pounds of fuel while in the skies of Asia. Airman Murray is deployed from the 93rd ARS located at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Steele C. G. Britton)
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Chaplain veers from straight, narrow care

SATHER AIR BASE, Iraq -- Chaplain (Capt.) Chad Montgomery, 447th Air Expeditionary Group, wears a bite suit as he runs from Kibo, 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron K-9, during a training session here Sept. 14, 2009. These sessions help military working dogs train on biting other parts of the body as opposed to only biting arms. Chaplain Montgomery has made it his goal to get involved by helping Airmen with their daily missions and training during his deployment. Chaplain Montgomery is deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and is a native of Newtown Square, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Johnny L. Saldivar)
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Loadmaster checks the rigging before an air drop

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sam Stewart, a loadmaster assigned to the 816th Airlift Squadron, checks the rigging of a pallet loaded into the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 2, 2009, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The pallets will be air-dropped over the southern region of Afghanistan to provide supplies to ground personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)
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After the Run

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Army Sgt. 1st Class Ronsoni Long of Charlie Battery, 1-43 Air Defense Artillery Brigade, ran a 10K in combat boots and carried a 35-pound rucksack, here, Sept. 11, 2009. He finished the run with a time of 78:33. More than 350 participants gathered at Memorial Plaza to take part in either a half-marathon or 10K run held in conjunction with the Air Force Marathon at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Sept. 18, 2009. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech Sgt. Jason W. Edwards)
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