Cold weather warriors

MANAS AIR BASE, Kyrgyzstan (AFPN) -- Chaplain (Maj.) Mark Rowan places the "Worship in Progress" sign outside the chapel here. Volunteers have renovated the chapel and built a steeple. It is the tallest in the region. Major Rowan is the Catholic chaplain for the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)

Performing in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFPN) -- General Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Minister of Defense, is accompanied by Lt. Gen. Walter E. Buchanan III, U.S. Central Command Air Forces Commander and U.S. Ambassador to the UAE Michelle J. Sisson during opening ceremonies of the 9th International Dubai Air Show. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew F. Hammonds Jr.)

Bump, sunset, spike

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Tech. Sgt. Edward Brown (right) spikes the ball over an opposing player during a volleyball game as the sun sets here July 26. He is assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing's manpower office. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tim Beckham)

College tests offered for Airmen manning internment camp

CAMP BUCCA, Iraq -- Still wearing body armor, Staff Sgt. Shawn Andrews answers questions on a College Level Examination Program test here. Sergeant Andrews was one of 74 Airmen of the 586th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron taking advantage of a recent visit to the camp by Staff Sgt. Alan Smith, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing test control officer. Unit members were able to take tests under either the CLEP or Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support programs. Sergeant Andrews is currently deployed to the 586th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron here from the 31st Security Forces Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy. (Courtesy photo)

Deployed Airmen volunteer for honor guard

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. Denoris Mickle (left) and Senior Airman Cory Lenzmeir (right) fold the U.S. flag while Staff Sgt. Lydell Scott waits to receive the colors during a formal retreat ceremony at a forward-deployed location. The Airmen are members of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Honor Guard. The retreat ceremony is used to mark the end of the duty day and involves the lowering of both the U.S. and host nation flags. (Digitally altered U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Aaron Burgstein)

Mochi mashing

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Col. Mike Keltz (right) and a Japanese airman take turns using wooden mallets to pound sticky rice into mochi, a Japanese rice cake traditionally made and eaten during New Year's festivities. Colonel Keltz is the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing commander. American and Japanese airmen work together at a forward-deployed location here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Aaron Burgstein)

Airmen run in Army '10-miler'

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Donald Beaulieu crosses the finish line Oct. 24 at the Logistics Support Area Anaconda 10-Miler. He came in third overall and claimed first place in his age group. Sergeant Beaulieu is assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing chapel and is deployed from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Jensen)

Airmen brace for new fitness test

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar -- Airmen from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing here participate in an evening "fun run" to keep fit and escape the daytime heat. Airmen worldwide are on a similar track in preparing for the new Air Force fitness test that replaces cycle ergometry with running, push-ups and sit-ups. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

American Eagle flies in Swiss sky

PAYERNE AIR BASE, Switzerland -- Tech. Sgt. Michael Camp hands an F-15 Eagle product card to a child Sept. 4 at the Air 04 air show here. The F-15 West Coast Demonstration Team, from the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., performed Sept. 4 and 5 for nearly 400,000 people. This is the first air show in Switzerland in more than 12 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Zoellner)

Deployed chaplains minister to warfighters

OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH -- Chaplain (Capt.) Leslie Janovec, a Protestant chaplain assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, visits tent city residents at her forward-deployed location in the Arabian Gulf region. Janovec recently deployed to the region from her home station at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan Neely)

Suspected contraband

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Officials have preferred charges against Maj. Gregory McMillion after an investigation found evidence he allegedly shipped contraband items here from an Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment. The suspected contraband includes Iraqi AK-47s. Major McMillion is assigned to the base's 728th Air Control Squadron. (Courtesy photo)

Suspected contraband

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Officials have preferred charges against Maj. Gregory McMillion after an investigation found evidence he allegedly shipped contraband items here from an Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment. The suspected contraband includes knives and bayonets. Major McMillion is assigned to the base's 728th Air Control Squadron. (Courtesy photo)