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A Spanish connection

Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia greets OR9 Pedro Cordero, the Spanish Air Force equivalent of a senior master sergeant, during the Archbishop's visit to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, April 1. Archbishop Maury, the Vatican's envoy to Kyrgyzstan, visited with coalition personnel at Manas with Bishop Messmer, the Apostolic Administrator for Kyrgyzstan. The Archbishop, originally from Madrid, Spain, was in Kyrgyzstan to present his credentials as an ambassador to President Kurmanbek Bakiev. OR9 Cordero, a native of Jaen, Spain, is a member of the Spanish Mizar Detachment at Manas, which flies aeromedical evacuation flights in Afghanistan with its C-130 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Damien Pickart)

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