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  • CENTAF Band performs for Kandahar

    The U.S. Central Command Air Force Band performed two concerts for deployed servicemembers at the Kandahar Airfield "Boardwalk" July 29 and 30. Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen were entertained by a variety of music including Latin, rhythm and blues, rock, jazz, disco and country. Audiences

  • Airmen teach ANP and ANAP about tactics and training

    Staff Sergeant Daniel Smith, non-commissioned officer in charge of the Police Technical Advisory Team (PTAT) has been stationed at the Mehtar Lam Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan for almost four months. Since day one, he and his team have been training 10 to 20 Afghan National Police

  • F-15E pilot reaches 3,000 flying hours at Bagram

    Lt. Col. Dave Iverson, 492nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron director of operations, became the 15th pilot to achieve 3,000 flight hours upon landing after a mission July 25 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Upon landing, Col. Iverson taxied through a arcing cascade of water shot from two fire

  • UFC Fighters visit servicemembers in Afghanistan

    Four Ultimate Fighting Championship stars concluded a four-day visit to servicemembers July 24 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Fighters Kenny Florian, Jorge Rivera, Heath Herring, and Octagon Girl Amber Nichole Miller joined fans of the sport to fill the servicemembers with UFC action. "Getting to

  • 455th Expeditionary Mission Support Group receives new commander

    Col. Barry Mines took charge of the 455th Expeditionary Mission Support Group during a change-of-command ceremony in the A-10 fuel cell hangar at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan July 18. Brig. Gen. Bill Hyatt, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, presided over the ceremony in which Col. Mines took

  • Bagram hospital saves baby after IED blast

    A blast from an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) claimed the lives of two Afghan parents, however, their nine-month-old daughter Salma survived the attack and is recovering at the Craig Joint-Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. After more than two weeks of fighting for her life,

  • PRT to build flood retaining wall

    A contract worth more than $75,000 to begin the construction of a flood protection wall was signed July 14 at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. The contract between the Provincial Reconstruction Team and the New Sahak Construction Company provides for all the necessary labor,