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A garbage truck unloads its contents at the garbage

A garbage truck unloads its contents at the garbage

A garbage truck unloads its contents at the garbage dump on Shindand Air Base, Shindand, Afghanistan, Sept. 20, 2011.

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lifts off the airfield

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lifts off the airfield

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lifts off the airfield at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2013. This particular Black Hawk is one of eight that provide medical evacuations to personnel in the Regional Com... More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion medical services technician, walks back to the medical tent to drop off his gear after a successful resupply mission supporting Oper... More

Boys that attend the local boys school near Air Base

Boys that attend the local boys school near Air Base

Boys that attend the local boys school near Air Base Shindand listen to Maj. Gen. Shadzada and the headmaster of the boys school before receiving their new backpacks and school supplies. 2,000 backpacks were de... More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion medical services technician, marks a syringe with morphine prior to a training exercise at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan, Aug. 4, 2... More

Afghan workers hoist up a worker from a collapsed karez

Afghan workers hoist up a worker from a collapsed karez

Afghan workers hoist up a worker from a collapsed karez on Shindand Air Base in Herat province that provides water to a thousand families in a nearby village on March 7, 2010. Coalition forces hired the workers... More

Suzanne Malveaux, "CNN Newsroom” anchor, left, reports

Suzanne Malveaux, "CNN Newsroom” anchor, left, reports

Suzanne Malveaux, "CNN Newsroom” anchor, left, reports on the wreckage of numerous vehicles and aircraft in the “bone yard” on Shindand Air Base in the Herat province, Afghanistan, Sept. 10, 2011. The wreckage,... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Henry Achilles, Senior Airman

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Henry Achilles, Senior Airman

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Henry Achilles, Senior Airman Joshua Drake and Senior Airman Devin Lynch chain down an armored dump truck that is being flown out of Shindand Airfield, Afghanistan, in the back of a C-... More

Col. Vincent Quarles, Afghanistan Engineer District-South

Col. Vincent Quarles, Afghanistan Engineer District-South

Col. Vincent Quarles, Afghanistan Engineer District-South commander, and Julio Arocho, the district's senior civilian engineer, discuss the status of construction with the contractor's representative at a U.S. ... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Reid, Air Terminal

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Reid, Air Terminal

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Reid, Air Terminal Operations Center representative, uses a chain binder to secure a vehicle being flown out of Shindand Airfield, Afghanistan, in the back of a C-17 Globema... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cesar Rodriguez, a mortuary affairs

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cesar Rodriguez, a mortuary affairs

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cesar Rodriguez, a mortuary affairs specialist with the 393rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve-Puerto Rico, remodels a mortuary collection point at Forward Operating ... More

Representatives from the U.S. Air Force, Army Corps

Representatives from the U.S. Air Force, Army Corps

Representatives from the U.S. Air Force, Army Corps of Engineers, Tetra Tech EC and Yuksel Insaat gather to open the rotary wing apron at Shindand Air Base. (Photo by Deborah Duncan)

An Afghan Army commando carries a M821/M889 81mm high

An Afghan Army commando carries a M821/M889 81mm high

An Afghan Army commando carries a M821/M889 81mm high explosive mortar cartridge which is used in an M252 81mm mortar system on the range at Forward Operating Base Thomas, Shindand, Afghanistan, Sept. 20, 2011.... More

Afghan men pick though trash at the garbage dump on

Afghan men pick though trash at the garbage dump on

Afghan men pick though trash at the garbage dump on Shindand Air Base, Shindand, Afghanistan, Sept. 20, 2011.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion medical services technician, preps his body armor prior to going out on a vehicle recovery mission at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan... More

Coalition partners stand in formation at Shindand Air

Coalition partners stand in formation at Shindand Air

Coalition partners stand in formation at Shindand Air Base, Dec. 10 during a ceremony that marked the beginning of the first undergraduate pilot training held exclusively inside Afghanistan in more than 30 year... More

An Afghan man throws the base of a chair into the back

An Afghan man throws the base of a chair into the back

An Afghan man throws the base of a chair into the back of a truck at the garbage dump on Shindand Air Base, Shindand, Afghanistan, Sept. 20, 2011.

Dr. Suraya Dalil (left), acting Afghan minister of

Dr. Suraya Dalil (left), acting Afghan minister of

Dr. Suraya Dalil (left), acting Afghan minister of health, Brad Hanson, U.S. Department of State representative, Provincial Reconstruction Team, and Daud Shah Saba, governor of Herat province, cut the ribbon at... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Devin Lynch, C-17 Globemaster

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Devin Lynch, C-17 Globemaster

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Devin Lynch, C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, marshals a new 60 ton cargo loader down the ramp of a C-17 Globemaster III at Shindand Airfield, Afghanistan, March 10, 2014. The load... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andy Wendzikowski, Air Force

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andy Wendzikowski, Air Force

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andy Wendzikowski, Air Force Central Command band percussionist, exits his living quarters before playing for U.S. service members assigned to Shindand Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, ... More

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage dump on Shindand Air Base, Shindand, Afghanistan. Sept. 20, 2011.

Afghan Air Force member (left) does professional military

Afghan Air Force member (left) does professional military

Afghan Air Force member (left) does professional military knowledge training on a general purpose machine gun for part of his training to be a flying air crew chief in the Afghan Air Force in Shindand, Afghanis... More

A mullah from 2nd Special Operations Brigade speaks

A mullah from 2nd Special Operations Brigade speaks

A mullah from 2nd Special Operations Brigade speaks to Afghan girls at their school before handing out school supplies and shoes to the students near Shindand Air Base, May 14, 2014. Mullahs not only provide sp... More

South District turns over Shindand strategic airlift apron, cargo and passenger terminals

South District turns over Shindand strategic airlift apron, cargo and ...

Col. John Hokaj (left), commander, Shindand Air Base, Col. Benjamin Wham (center left), commander, USACE Afghanistan Engineer District-South, David Burns (center right) from ECCI and Erdal Onbasli (right) from ... More

Staff Sgt. Christopher A. Morford, flying crew chief

Staff Sgt. Christopher A. Morford, flying crew chief

Staff Sgt. Christopher A. Morford, flying crew chief advisor, stationed out of Davis Monthan Air Force Base, sits with the four students of the flying air crew chiefs during a brief of the upcoming flight missi... More

Utilitiesman 2nd Class Ruben Salas, assigned to Naval

Utilitiesman 2nd Class Ruben Salas, assigned to Naval

Utilitiesman 2nd Class Ruben Salas, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 15 helps to cover an alaskan tent while constructing a compound for an Army Combat Service Support (CSSB) Brigade. NMCB... More

Steelworkers Constructionman Josh Lanoha, assigned

Steelworkers Constructionman Josh Lanoha, assigned

Steelworkers Constructionman Josh Lanoha, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 15 secures the cover to an Alaskan tent as he constructs a compound for an Army Combat Service Support (CSSB) Bri... More

Army Soldiers from the 602nd Maintenance Company bow

Army Soldiers from the 602nd Maintenance Company bow

Army Soldiers from the 602nd Maintenance Company bow their heads in prayer prior to leaving Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan on a resupply mission supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, Aug. 3, 2011.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion medical services technician, takes notes during his biology class at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan, Aug. 4, 2011. Sgt. Meza is a joi... More

Afghan officers pose in front of the first Afghan aircraft

Afghan officers pose in front of the first Afghan aircraft

Afghan officers pose in front of the first Afghan aircraft housed at Shindand Air Base Nov. 13. In all, two Mi-17 helicopters arrived in Shindand, a milestone in turning Shindand into a major pilot training bas... More

Members of the Afghan National Police load their vehicle

Members of the Afghan National Police load their vehicle

Members of the Afghan National Police load their vehicle to help Radio Azadi, a very population radio station in Afghanistan, distribute radios to the local population, so they can hear the news and be connecte... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cesar Rodriguez, a mortuary affairs

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cesar Rodriguez, a mortuary affairs

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cesar Rodriguez, a mortuary affairs specialist with the 393rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve-Puerto Rico, looks back to photographs of the mortuary collection point... More

Army Staff Sgt. Conrad Menard, 602nd Maintenance Company

Army Staff Sgt. Conrad Menard, 602nd Maintenance Company

Army Staff Sgt. Conrad Menard, 602nd Maintenance Company convoy commander, conducts a mission brief prior to the start of a resupply mission supporting Operation Enduring Freedom at Shindand Air Base, Afghanist... More

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage dump on Shindand Air Base, Shindand, Afghanistan, Sept. 20, 2011.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion medical services technician, talks with classmates during his biology class at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan, Aug. 4, 2011. Sgt. Mez... More

Italian air force service members with NATO Training

Italian air force service members with NATO Training

Italian air force service members with NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan/ 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group have a meeting with Afghan Air Force members about the need to document requests that are made ... More

An Afghan National Army soldier maintains his part

An Afghan National Army soldier maintains his part

An Afghan National Army soldier maintains his part of a security perimeter during a combined Afghan army and air force combat training exercise in Herat Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 2. Joint coalition mentors of... More

Spc. Michael McNeill, of Murphysboro, Ill., a food

Spc. Michael McNeill, of Murphysboro, Ill., a food

Spc. Michael McNeill, of Murphysboro, Ill., a food operations specialist for Task Force Spearhead, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, cleans out a newly acquired refrigerated container Oct. 9. The c... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Gary Washington, center,

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Gary Washington, center,

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Gary Washington, center, 316th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, load vehicles that will be transferred to a different location during an airlift mission,... More

Afghan Air Force Continues to Grow and Expand

Afghan Air Force Continues to Grow and Expand

Lt. Col. Thomas N. Tran with the NATO Air Training Command - Afghanistan (left) and Lt. Col. Jonathan W. Vernau, in charge of Regional Support Team – West, and Lt. Col. Chris Shields of the United States Army t... More

An Afghan Army commando prepares to drop a M821/M889

An Afghan Army commando prepares to drop a M821/M889

An Afghan Army commando prepares to drop a M821/M889 81mm high explosive mortar cartridge into an M252 81mm mortar system on the range at Forward Operating Base Thomas, Shindand, Afghanistan, Sept. 20, 2011. Th... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Reid, Air Terminal

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Reid, Air Terminal

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Reid, Air Terminal Operations Center representative, confers with Senior Airman Devin Lynch, C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, before driving a new 60 ton cargo loader out of... More

U.S. Army soldiers from C4 3-227 Assault Helicopter

U.S. Army soldiers from C4 3-227 Assault Helicopter

U.S. Army soldiers from C4 3-227 Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, out of Fort Hood Texas, perform preventative maintenance on a U.S. Army AH-64D Apache helicopter at ... More

Afghan air force 1st Lt. Khan Agha Ghaznavi and 1st

Afghan air force 1st Lt. Khan Agha Ghaznavi and 1st

Afghan air force 1st Lt. Khan Agha Ghaznavi and 1st Lt. Najibullah Habibzai, AAF Cessna 208 pilots, receive their training certificates as instructor pilots from Col. Daniel Lasica, 838th Air Expeditionary Grou... More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Telacey McGee, 529th

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Telacey McGee, 529th

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Telacey McGee, 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion accountability officer, conducts a site tour of the Supply Support Activity yard at Forward Operating Base Shindand fo... More

Col. Thomas Geiser, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing and

Col. Thomas Geiser, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing and

Col. Thomas Geiser, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing and Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air) deputy commander, gets a “goodbye” hug from Afghan air force Brig. Gen. Sayed Assadulah, Shindand Wing command... More

An Afghan National Army soldier looks out the window

An Afghan National Army soldier looks out the window

An Afghan National Army soldier looks out the window of an MI-17 helicopter during a combined Afghan army and air force combat training exercise in Herat province Feb. 2. Joint coalition mentors of the ANA and ... More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion medical services technician, removes his body armor to attend a convoy briefing prior to the start of a resupply mission supporting ... More

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage dump on Shindand Air Base, Shindand, Afghanistan, Sept. 20, 2011.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman, 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion medical services technician, walks back to the medical tent to drop off his gear after a successful resupply mission supporting Ope... More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion medical services technician, starts the flow of saline solution into the arm of his patient during his weekly medical refresher train... More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion medical services technician, starts the flow of saline solution into the arm of his patient during his weekly medical refresher train... More

Touring the Site, Afghanistan

Touring the Site, Afghanistan

Command Sgt. Maj. Tony Escalona, left, the 7th Sustainment Brigade command sergeant major, listens to Arbab Alim, right, the provincial leader for Shindand, Afghanistan, explain the details of the underground r... More

The opening of the new 112,000-square-meter rotary

The opening of the new 112,000-square-meter rotary

The opening of the new 112,000-square-meter rotary wing apron on Shindand Air Base was celebrated Aug. 15 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. (Photo by Joan Kibler)

Seabees construct headquarters for Army Service Support Brigade

Seabees construct headquarters for Army Service Support Brigade

Builder 2nd Class Christopher Beeler (left) and Builder 1st Class Jeremiah Shuemaker, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 15 measure plywood floors while building a compound for an Army ... More

Builder 2nd Class Christopher Beeler (left) and Builder

Builder 2nd Class Christopher Beeler (left) and Builder

Builder 2nd Class Christopher Beeler (left) and Builder 1st Class Jeremiah Shuemaker, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 15 measure plywood floors while building a compound for an Army ... More

RC-West commander with 1st and 3rd CAB Leadership

RC-West commander with 1st and 3rd CAB Leadership

Italian Army Brig. Gen. Ignazio Gamba, the International Security Assistance Force Regional Command West commander, poses with the incoming and outgoing U.S. Army aviation leaders following a transfer of autho... More

Afghan air force 1st Lt. Khan Agha Ghaznavi and 1st

Afghan air force 1st Lt. Khan Agha Ghaznavi and 1st

Afghan air force 1st Lt. Khan Agha Ghaznavi and 1st Lt. Najibullah Habibzai, AAF Cessna 208 pilots, receive their training certificates as instructor pilots from Col. Daniel Lasica, 838th Air Expeditionary Grou... More

Command Sgt. Maj. William Ward, left, the 298th Combat

Command Sgt. Maj. William Ward, left, the 298th Combat

Command Sgt. Maj. William Ward, left, the 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion command sergeant major, takes notes on supplies from Sha Gul, a construction worker rebuilding a collapsed underground river ... More

Builder 1st Class Chad Reigel, assigned to Naval Mobile

Builder 1st Class Chad Reigel, assigned to Naval Mobile

Builder 1st Class Chad Reigel, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 15 cuts wood flooring with a saw to construct a compound for an Army Combat Service Support (CSSB) Brigade. NMCB 15 is curre... More

A local national from the city of Shindand, Afghanistan,

A local national from the city of Shindand, Afghanistan,

A local national from the city of Shindand, Afghanistan, hammers a steak into a construction site on Shindand Airfield, March 27. He is a member of a construction team repairing a collapsed underground river wh... More

Members of the 183rd Maintenance Company board the

Members of the 183rd Maintenance Company board the

Members of the 183rd Maintenance Company board the C-17 to redeploy.

Builder 2nd Class Christopher Beeler, assigned to Naval

Builder 2nd Class Christopher Beeler, assigned to Naval

Builder 2nd Class Christopher Beeler, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 15 constructs wall frames while building a compound for an Army Combat Service Support (CSSB) Brigade. NMCB 15 is cur... More

Italian air force service members with NATO Training

Italian air force service members with NATO Training

Italian air force service members with NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan / 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group have a meeting with Afghan air force members about the need to document the complete list of m... More

An Afghan Air Force Mi-17 helicopter sits on the ramp

An Afghan Air Force Mi-17 helicopter sits on the ramp

An Afghan Air Force Mi-17 helicopter sits on the ramp at Shindand Air Base, Shindand, Afghanistan, Aug. 29, 2011. The helicopter was preparing for a flight around the air base. 838th AEAG airmen are working to ... More

Army Spc. Brenton Benner (left), 298th Combat Sustainment

Army Spc. Brenton Benner (left), 298th Combat Sustainment

Army Spc. Brenton Benner (left), 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion medic, and Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hartman (right), 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion medical services technician, prepares... More

An Afghan worker throws a rock into a well to test

An Afghan worker throws a rock into a well to test

An Afghan worker throws a rock into a well to test for water in a collapsed karez on Shindand Air Base in Herat province that provides water to a thousand families in a nearby village on March 7, 2010. Coalitio... More

From left, Air Force officers Col. Benjamin Wham II,

From left, Air Force officers Col. Benjamin Wham II,

From left, Air Force officers Col. Benjamin Wham II, Col. John Hokaj and Capt. Gregory Ward.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion medical services technician, plays volleyball during off duty hours at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan, Aug. 2, 2011. Sgt. Meza is a ... More

Cessna 208Bs arrive at Shindand AB

Cessna 208Bs arrive at Shindand AB

One of three new Cessna 208Bs taxies to its parking pad after landing at Shindand Air Base, Oct. 22. According to Shindand officials, the C-208B’s will be used as advanced trainers for Afghan undergraduate pilo... More

Afghan air force commander Maj. General Abdul Wahab

Afghan air force commander Maj. General Abdul Wahab

Afghan air force commander Maj. General Abdul Wahab Wardak at Shindand Air Base, Dec. 10 during a ceremony that marked the beginning of the first undergraduate pilot training held exclusively inside Afghanistan... More

Afghan Air Force Capt. Sher Jan,  stationed at the

Afghan Air Force Capt. Sher Jan, stationed at the

Afghan Air Force Capt. Sher Jan, stationed at the AAF training center in Shindand, Afghanistan, gives a preflight brief before the first flight of an Mi-17 where a AAF Instructor pilot served as chief instruct... More

Spc. Christian Blankenship, of Reno Nev., a food operations

Spc. Christian Blankenship, of Reno Nev., a food operations

Spc. Christian Blankenship, of Reno Nev., a food operations specialist for Task Force Spearhead, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, transfers food product that was air dropped to their storage facil... More

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 15 sleep under the stars as they convoy from Shindand to Camp Bastion. NMCB 15 is currently mobilized in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and is an e... More

Afghan Air Force Mi-17 air crew provides air survey

Afghan Air Force Mi-17 air crew provides air survey

Afghan Air Force Mi-17 air crew provides air survey of flood area for the Herat and Shindand district governors Feb. 4.

Construction Electrician 1st Class Torrey McClure,

Construction Electrician 1st Class Torrey McClure,

Construction Electrician 1st Class Torrey McClure, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 15 helps to pull over an Alaskan tent while constructing a compound for an Army Combat Service Support (... More

An Afghan worker pulls dirt and rocks from a Karez

An Afghan worker pulls dirt and rocks from a Karez

An Afghan worker pulls dirt and rocks from a Karez on Shindand Air Base in Herat province on March 7, 2010. The karez which provides water to over a thousand families in a nearby village collapsed after recent ... More

Afghan Air Force Capt. Qiyamiddin, a Mi-17 transport

Afghan Air Force Capt. Qiyamiddin, a Mi-17 transport

Afghan Air Force Capt. Qiyamiddin, a Mi-17 transport helicopter student pilot, practices flying procedures at the AAF training center in Shindand, Afghanistan. This was the first flight that an AAF IP served as... More

Members of the 183rd Maintenance Company Wing are ready

Members of the 183rd Maintenance Company Wing are ready

Members of the 183rd Maintenance Company Wing are ready to depart Shindand Airfield July 27.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Brett Speth, 538th Air Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Capt. Brett Speth, 538th Air Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Capt. Brett Speth, 538th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron and Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Cosca, look out the door of an Afghan Air Force Mi-17 helicopter over Shindand Air Base, Shindand, Afghanistan... More

An AEGIS security guard stands guard at the NATO Training

An AEGIS security guard stands guard at the NATO Training

An AEGIS security guard stands guard at the NATO Training Mission Afghanistan compound at Shindand Air Base, Shindand, Afghanistan, Aug. 28, 2011. The guards provide security for the coalition personal living i... More

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage dump on Shindand Air Base, Shindand, Afghanistan, Sept. 20, 2011.

Sgt. Lonnie Norris (left), a native of Corinth, Miss.,

Sgt. Lonnie Norris (left), a native of Corinth, Miss.,

Sgt. Lonnie Norris (left), a native of Corinth, Miss., a maintenance supervisor, and Pfc. Kris Lawhead, a native of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, a UH-60 Black Hawk maintainer, both from Company D, Task Force Spearhead... More

NATO Air Training Command Afghanistan instructor U.S.

NATO Air Training Command Afghanistan instructor U.S.

NATO Air Training Command Afghanistan instructor U.S. Air Force Capt. Sean T. Masters is shown in the video camera display during an interview at Shindand Air Base in Herat province, Feb. 2. The NATO Air Traini... More

Dr. Suraya Dalil addresses the audience at the Shindand

Dr. Suraya Dalil addresses the audience at the Shindand

Dr. Suraya Dalil addresses the audience at the Shindand Hospital groundbreaking ceremony, Jan. 28. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing construction of the $5 million project and expects it to be com... More

Capt. Andrew Wagner, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter

Capt. Andrew Wagner, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter

Capt. Andrew Wagner, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot with Company C, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, California National Guard, inspects the blades on his Black Hawk at Shindand Air Base, Afghanista... More

Afghan special operators prepare for an offensive operation

Afghan special operators prepare for an offensive operation

Afghan special operators prepare for an offensive operation in Shindad district, Herat province, Afghanistan, Nov. 20, 2017. Afghan Special Operations Forces and the Afghan National Army’s 207th Corps inflicted... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Cosca, an aerial

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Cosca, an aerial

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Cosca, an aerial gunner from the 444th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, scans an area while flying in an Afghan Air Force Mi-17 helicopter, Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan,... More

Lt. Col. Lynn Pippen, Task Force Logfire commander,

Lt. Col. Lynn Pippen, Task Force Logfire commander,

Lt. Col. Lynn Pippen, Task Force Logfire commander, takes over command during a transfer of authority ceremony conducted on Shindand Airfield, Afghanistan, March 12.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Felita LaRock, Air Force

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Felita LaRock, Air Force

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Felita LaRock, Air Force Central Command band vocalist, performs for a coalition crowd of U.S., Afghan and Italian service members Dec. 14, 2013, at Shindand Airfield, Afghanistan. Shi... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Cosca, an aerial

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Cosca, an aerial

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Cosca, an aerial gunner from the 444th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, scans an area while flying in an Afghan Air Force Mi-17 helicopter, Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan,... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Henry Woodie, a flight engineer

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Henry Woodie, a flight engineer

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Henry Woodie, a flight engineer from the 444th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, looks out the door of an Afghan Air Force Mi-17 helicopter while flying over Shindand Air Base, Shin... More

Sgt. Ryan Moore, a Black Hawk crew chief with Company

Sgt. Ryan Moore, a Black Hawk crew chief with Company

Sgt. Ryan Moore, a Black Hawk crew chief with Company C, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, California National Guard, waits to depart on a mission at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan, Dec. 8, 2013. Moore an... More

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage

An Afghan man picks though the trash at the garbage dump on Shindand Air Base, Shindand, Afghanistan, Sept. 20, 2011.

A Black Hawk helicopter from Company C, 1-168th Aviation

A Black Hawk helicopter from Company C, 1-168th Aviation

A Black Hawk helicopter from Company C, 1-168th Aviation Regiment, California National Guard, takes off on a mission at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan, Dec. 8, 2013. The mission of Co. C, 1st Bn., 168th Av. Re... More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion medical services technician, prepares an intravenous solution during his weekly medical refresher training at Shindand Air Base, Afgh... More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment

Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Meza, 298th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion medical services technician, inserts an intravenous needle into his patient's arm during his weekly medical refresher training at Shi... More

An Afghan girl holds tightly onto her new school supplies

An Afghan girl holds tightly onto her new school supplies

An Afghan girl holds tightly onto her new school supplies while her friend admires them during a humanitarian aid mission near Shindand Air Base May 14, 2014. Mullahs and commandos from 2nd Special Operations B... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Cosca, an aerial

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Cosca, an aerial

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Cosca, an aerial gunner from the 444th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, scans an area while flying in an Afghan Air Force Mi-17 helicopter, Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan,... More

Captain Andrew Wagner, a UH-60 Blackhawk pilot with

Captain Andrew Wagner, a UH-60 Blackhawk pilot with

Captain Andrew Wagner, a UH-60 Blackhawk pilot with Company C, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, California National Guard, goes through his pre-flight checks before conducting a maintenance mission at Sh... More

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The objects in this collection are from The U.S. National Archives and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt. NARA keeps those Federal records that are judged to have continuing value—about 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year. There are approximately 10 billion pages of textual records; 12 million maps, charts, and architectural and engineering drawings; 25 million still photographs and graphics; 24 million aerial photographs; 300,000 reels of motion picture film; 400,000 video and sound recordings; and 133 terabytes of electronic data. The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service provides a connection between world media and the American military personnel serving at home and abroad. All of these materials are preserved because they are important to the workings of Government, have long-term research worth, or provide information of value to citizens.

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