Airman's Holiday Cookie Drive

First Sergeants, led by Senior Master Sergeant Ray Munger, from the Air Force Research Laboratory, load trucks to begin the delivery of holiday cookies. The Airman's Holiday Cookie Drive collected cookies to donate to young Airmen across the base Dec. 6. (Courtesy photo)

Airman's Holiday Cookie Drive

Master Sgt. Patrick Luda from the medical center watches as other First Sergeants prepare to load the cookies collected during the Airman's Holiday Cookie Drive Dec. 6 into the delivery trucks. (Courtesy photo)

CFC 2007

Jacqueline Phillips, executive director of CFC, presents a gift to Manuel Gomez, Jr., the campaign chairman, at Thursday's awards breakfast. (Skywrighter photo by Christy Webb)

QALAT, Afghanistan

Governor Delbar Jan Arman shakes hands with Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jane Holl Lute before she departs Zabul Province Dec. 8. The high-level visit by the UN official was designed to discuss future coordination between the UN, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, and the government of Afghanistan, especially in Zabul Province here. (Air Force photo by Capt. Bob Everdeen)

Dayton civic leader meets Wright-Patt Airmen in Afghanistan

Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. T. Michael Moseley recently invited civic leaders from across the country for a first-hand look at Air Force combat operations. Here J.P. Nauseef, president of the Dayton Development Coalition, meets Wright-Patterson Airmen currently deployed to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Pictured sporting hats of the Dayton Dragons baseball team are (from left): Col. Barry Mines, Dean of Air Force Institute of Technology's Civil Engineer and Services School; Staff Sgt. Mychael Bulford, assistant NCOIC Student Services, AFIT Graduate School of Engineering and Management; Nauseef; and Airman 1st Class Valerie Johnson, Airman 1st Class Shawn Spithaler and Senior Airman Matthew Bollengier, all with the 88th Security Forces Squadron. (contributed photo)

Las Vegas

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base firefighter Jacob Hall drags a firehose a 75-foot distance before he triggers the stream of water to hit a volleyball-sized target, during the World Firefighter Combat Challenge XVI here Nov. 5. The hose drag is the fourth of five timed events which simulate the tasks firefighters face during actual fires. (Air Force photo by John Van Winkle)

Healthy Cooking

Walter Jackson, left, of the nutritional medicine flight at the Wright-Patterson Medical Center hones his knife skills alongside Chef Ken Arnone, one of only 61 master chefs in the United States. Arnone was invited by the flight to teach the food production staff how to make traditionally high-fat meals into healthier ones. (Air Force photo by Mark Pugel)

Base, Bombers team for 'Lights on After School'

Dayton Bombers player Chanse Fitzpatrick gives some tips to Chance Sanders at the booth he was working to celebrate the Lights On After School program at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (Christy Webb/Skywrighter photo)

AFRL manager wins award

Marvin L. Gale received the Tibbets Award, named for Roland Tibbetts who is acknowledged as the “father of the SBIR program.” (Courtesy photo)

Young Heroes

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Young Heroes Association representative, Lt. Col. Rory Owen, presented Timothy Desmond Kingston and his sister Ada Lillian Kingston with Young Heroes Medals of Honor during a base ceremony on Oct. 4. Owen was also presented an honorary Young Heroes Medal. (Skywrighter photo/Charles Caperton)

QALAT, Afghanistan

Zabul Province Governor Delbar Jan Arman meets with Joint Chiefs Strategic Plans and Policy Director Lt. Gen. John Sattler on Oct. 9—the sixth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion against the Taliban—about the future of this southern province of Afghanistan. (Air Force photo by Capt. Bob Everdeen)

NAWBAHAR DISTRICT, Afghanistan

More than 125 men and boys attend a provincial-level shura, or meeting, here Oct. 2. Although the shura was facilitated by Provincial Reconstruction Team Qalat—a joint U.S. Air Force and Army unit stationed in the country since April—the meeting was strictly an Afghan affair. Topics discussed included security, governance and reconstruction in this remote southern region of the country.