The 376th Air Expeditionary Wing recently inactivated its medical group and aircraft maintenance squadron as part of its activities to vacate the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, by July. The 376th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, which was responsible for maintaining the center’s resident KC-135 tankers and transient C-17 airlifters, stood down on March 29 after 12 years at Manas. “Our maintainers have led the way to ensure every launch was successful and every recovery was just as quick,” racking up a 99.8 percent sortie-generation rate, stated 376th AEW Commander Col. John Millard in a wing release. The wing’s 376th Expeditionary Medical Group inactivated in a ceremony at Manas on April 5. The center served as the main stopover for medical evacuation flights from Afghanistan to Germany. In its final year of operation, the medical group treated 12,700 patients, aided 87 aeromedical evacuations, and responded to 85 “ambulatory requests,” according to a separate release.
NASA Boss: Race to Moon Has National Security Stakes
Sept. 15, 2026
NASA is pushing hard to get astronauts back to the moon by 2028—and the urgency is driven in no small part by the national security implications of doing so before China does, Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 15.
