OEF

Capt. Elisabeth Leon, lead engineer for the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, speaks with a local contractor as part of a quality assurance inspection of a development site in Jalalabad May 30, 2009. The PRT is responsible for development and reconstruction projects in Nangarhar Province. The projects are built by local and contractors and are designed to improve the livelihood of the people living in the area. Captain Leon is deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff. Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

Surgical Capability Provides Mission Success Throughout the AOR

Lt. Col. Glory Meade, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group perioperative nurse, helps Major (Doctor) Brian Holt, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group general surgeon, don his sterile surgical attire in preparation for an operation, June 5, 2009, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. This specific surgery allows the patient to return to duty quicker and with less pain. The surgeries performed here range from elective to acute emergencies. The surgical team provides treatment for patients coming in from all over the U.S. Central Command's Area of Responsibility. Lt. Col. Meade hails from Dayton, Ohio and is deployed from Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Major Holt hails from St. Peters, Mo. and is deployed from Misawa Air Base, Japan. Both are deployed in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran/released)

Eye see you

Staff Sgt. Cherie Parker, an ophthalmic technician with the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group, fits spectacle frames on a patient, May 28, 2009, in an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. In addition to frame fitting, Sergeant Parker can perform some frame repairs on damaged glasses. Sergeant Parker hails from Washington, Ind. and is deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia/released)

Aaron Tippin slated for special guest performer at Tattoo

Country music superstar Aaron Tippin will take to the stage at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Friday, June 26, in a free concert that is part of the Air Force Materiel Command’s fifth annual Freedom’s Call Tattoo. The event, held on the grounds behind the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, features music, aircraft flyovers and a spectacular fireworks show. (Promotional Photo)

Officials test commercial fuel to replace JP-8 fuel

Mike Thiede uses a jet fuel thermal oxidation tester to test samples of commercial Jet A fuel in a lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Air Force Petroleum Agency researchers have launched an initiative to evaluate the use of commercial jet fuel in place of military standard JP-8 fuel. Mr. Thiede is a a fuels quality assurance specialist with the Aerospace Fuels Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Derek Kaufman)

Officials test commercial fuel to replace JP-8 fuel

Janet Stewart tests for the concentration of fuel system icing inhibitor in a sample of commercial Jet A fuel in the Aerospace Fuels Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The Air Force Petroleum Agency and Air Force Research Laboratory researchers are partnering on an initiative to evaluate the use of commercial jet fuel in place of military standard JP-8 fuel. Ms. Stewart is a fuels quality assurance specialist with the Aerospace Fuels Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Derek Kaufman)