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  • Operation Toy Drive to bring joy to Iraqi orphans

    It 's amazing to see what great things can be accomplished through simple acts of kindness. Capt. Nora Nelson, president of the base Company Grade Officers' Council, led a group of about 40 volunteers on a mission this month to bring joy to the faces of Iraqi orphans. The group has set out boxes

  • Transshipment Center: 'blood line' of AOR

    Shipping blood to the far reaches of the earth including Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and the Horn of Africa, a five member Blood Transshipment Center team in Southwest Asia does its part to process and deliver quality, life-saving blood to war fighters and civilian casualties. Servicemembers donate

  • ARC uses volunteers to offer vital resources down range

    Even away from home and deployed halfway around the world, Airmen sometimes can't escape the financial fiascos they left behind. The only Airman Readiness Center in the U.S. Air Forces Central area of responsibility is ready to help. "We have computers and morale phones for our customers to make

  • Metals tech: just what the doctor ordered for aircraft

    Editor's note: this is the final of a three-part series on the fabrication flight. The 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron metals technology shop in Southwest Asia uses micrometers and computer-numeric controlled machinery to weld, machine, repair and manufacture aircraft and aircraft support

  • Sergeant runs to represent his service

    While Airmen all over the world run to stay "fi t to fi ght," one sergeant here runs, on average, more than 40 miles a week to represent his country. Born and raised in Barbourville, Ky., Tech. Sgt. Donnie Gray, 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron voice network systems specialist, joined the

  • Keeping old planes flying: Airmen fabricate parts from scratch

    Editor's note: this is the second of a three-part series on the fabrication flight. From troop movements and cargo drops to placing bombs on target, deployed aircraft can't always wait weeks or even days for parts to be ordered and shipped to the repair facilities in the desert, so one team of