Now showing: Sept. 15 edition of AFTV News

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The contribution airmen make at the detainee center in U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is chronicled in the latest edition of Air Force Television News. Tech. Sgt. Pachari Lutke has an exclusive look at how airmen are helping guard the hundreds of detainees being held at the center as part of the war against terrorism. In a future program, Lutke will profile an airman at Guantanamo who was born in Iraq.

In other stories, Staff Sgt. Melissa Allan examines combat controllers training at a special school at Pope Air Force Base, N.C.

Staff Sgt. Joe Wallace is on board the last flight of a C-9 Nightingale “flying ambulance” from Scott AFB, Ill., as the Air Force retires the fleet.

Tech. Sgt. Shiela Kowalewski reports on efforts at Langley AFB, Va., to contain mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus.

Meanwhile, Staff Sgt. April Lawrence shows how females are playing an important role as military-training instructors at Air Force basic training.

Staff Sgt. Kevin Dennison visits an Air National Guard unit in Nebraska to detail its contribution to the total force.

Staff Sgt. Leigh Bellinger is at Barksdale AFB, La., to show the balance between the base’s mission and its protection of the environment.

Wallace saddles up to report on a mounted patrol unit at Little Rock AFB, Ark.

Finally, Staff Sgt. Marty Rush is at Nellis AFB, Nev., where IMAX crews have been using a Red Flag exercise as the subject of a big-screen production.

Air Force Television News is a biweekly production of Air Force News Service. It is distributed on videotape to more than 3,000 military and civilian outlets worldwide, and is seen on more than 700 cable TV outlets nationwide. It is also available on the Internet at www.af.mil, and can be seen regularly on The Pentagon Channel. The program is closed captioned. Viewers can comment on the program by sending e-mail to: aftvnews@afnews.af.mil.