Kyrgyz students get insiders' glimpse of Manas mission
Alesia Bulankina, an American University of Central Asia student, checks out myriad knobs, dials and switches in the cockpit of a KC-135 Stratotanker March 26 at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan. Ms. Bulankina, a 20-year-old junior from Bishkek who is majoring in business administration, visited Manas AB with 12 other students and faculty for an orientation tour and dinner hosted by the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs Office. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phyllis Hanson)