Thanks to an Air Force-led provincial reconstruction team and local Afghans in Mehtar Lam province east of the Afghanistan capital of Kabul, area residents near Rayn now have access to a steady supply of electricity. The PRT led construction for a new micro-hydroelectric plant, which produces 25 kilowatts of power and supplies electricity to about 300 homes. The commander of the Mehtar Lam PRT, Lt. Col. Brad Bredenkamp, attributed the successful completion of the plant to the combined efforts of local Afghanis, the local government, and the airmen.
Active-Duty Airmen only have a few days left to submit an official waist-to-height ratio into the Air Force’s new online application. But the service clarified July 23 that this first body composition measurement is not meant to be scored as part of the new Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, or PFRA