Story by Lt. Col. Max Despain | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 06.03.2014
Pamela L. Spratlen, U.S. ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic and Col. John C. Millard, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, hosted a transfer ceremony at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, June 3, 2014....
Story by Lt. Col. Max Despain | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 06.03.2014
Airmen gathered in front of the headquarters building for an inactivation ceremony for the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing as part of the overall Transit Center at Manas closure June 3, 2014....
Story by Senior Airman Ross Whitley | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.09.2014
The Transit Center at Manas is moving quickly toward this summer’s closure. Which means a lot of buildings, equipment, cargo and vehicles, need to be cleared out....
Story by Staff Sgt. Ian Shay | 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 02.21.2014
As operations come to a close in Afghanistan, the transient mission at Manas Transit Center, Kyrgyzstan, has begun to steadily decrease, with many services and facilities beginning to close their doors. Many soldiers and airmen stationed here have already begun to pack their bags to begin their long awaited journeys home....
Story by Sgt. Kelly Carlton | 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade | 02.12.2014
A group of military firefighters from the 562nd Firefighter Detachment is bound for Romania following a farewell ceremony for the team where fellow soldiers and civilian counterparts from Fort Leonard Wood’s Fire Station attended on Feb. 12, 2014....
Story by Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards | 376th Air Expeditionary Wing | 02.04.2014
The 376th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron radar air traffic control liaison positions deactivated Jan. 31, 2014, after 10 years of safely sequencing and separating aircraft....
Story by Sgt. John Carkeet IV | 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 02.01.2014
By this summer the last American service member must vacate Transit Center at Manas when the Department of Defense hands over the 12-year old base to the Kyrgyzstan government. Mihail Kogalniceanu (MK), a U.S. military installation situated inside a Romanian airbase snuggled along the Black Sea coastline, must pick up where Manas leaves off. To help ensure MK meets this deadline, American......
Story by 1st Lt. Kevin McGee | 28th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade | 01.09.2014
The Akron Rotary's Operation Deployed for Good would be completed on Dec. 23 when donations were distributed, by deployed Ohio National Guard soldiers, to more than 350 orphans and children with autism, Down syndrome and other disabilities in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, 500 miles north of Afghanistan. The operation was a joint, volunteer effort to create an international supply......