Kyrgyzstan

Two Southern Californians killed in Air Force crash in Kyrgyzstan

2013-05-05 13:30:00

Two of the Air Force crew members killed in the crash of a KC-135 refueling aircraft in Kyrgyzstan were from California, according to information released Sunday by the Department of Defense. Killed were Capt. Victoria Pinckney, 27, of Palmdale, and...

Body fragments found at U.S. plane crash site in Kyrgyzstan

2013-05-04 00:29:00

MOSCOW -- Rescue teams found remains of two crew members Saturday morning at the site of a U.S. military plane crash in Kyrgyzstan, an official said. “Fragments of two bodies have already been found as we are continuing the search,”...

Body of third American found at site of Kyrgyzstan crash

2013-05-04 12:37:00

MOSCOW -- Recovery teams have found the body of the third American crew member at the site of a plane crash in Kyrgyzstan, the television network Russia-24 reported Saturday. The remains of the plane's two other crew members were found Saturday morning....

Witnesses in Kyrgyzstan say U.S. military plane broke apart midair

2013-05-03 11:35:00

Witnesses say a U.S. tanker airplane that crashed Friday in northern Kyrgyzstan caught fire and broke apart in the air, according to local officials. Emergency response crews were dispatched to the scene, but the fate of the crew was not immediately...

U.S. military plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan

2013-05-03 04:56:00

MOSCOW -- A U.S. fueling plane crashed in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan on Friday, a local official said. The Boeing 707 took off from the U.S. air base at Manas International Airport near Bishkek, officials said. The base is a key installation for...

Soldier could face death penalty in Afghan rampage, Panetta says

2012-03-12 21:40:30

Panetta visits Afghainstan in wake of shooting rampage

2012-03-14 04:38:55

CENTRAL ASIA: WikiLeaks dispatches reveal a Great Game for the 21st century

2010-12-14 16:32:28

Pendle's airport carpet blog

2010-09-12 00:00:00

George Pendle began his website, http://www.carpetsforairports.com, in late 2009 and, so far, has amassed photos and critiques of flooring at about 120 airports worldwide. In his own words, he reviews each carpet, raving about some — including the...

Rivalry Brews in Russia's Backyard

2004-12-04 00:00:00

The Cold War may be over, but U.S. and Russian soldiers are expanding outposts in this mountainous former Soviet republic about 3,200 miles east of NATO headquarters in Brussels and nearly 2,000 miles from Moscow. The U.S. opened its base three years ago...

Lindpere will miss next two Fire games to play for Estonia

2013-06-03 10:13:00

Chicago Fire midfielder Joel Lindpere will play for the Estonian national team in upcoming games and so will miss two matches for the Fire. Lindpere will represent Estonia in their friendlies against Trinidad and Tobago on June 7 and Kyrgyzstan on...

After a deployment, a Marine meets his match

2012-06-29 14:25:00

It wasn't until my husband held our son Aaron for the first time that I realized I'd been holding my breath — for months. In August, Judah had hugged me, 20-something-weeks' pregnant, and our 3-year-old goodbye before leaving for a tour in...

Wreckage of the U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft that crashed near Chaldovar, Kyrgyzstan.

2013-05-05 13:10:31

Wreckage from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft is strewn across a hill in northern Kyrgyzstan.

2013-05-03 00:00:00

An owner holds her Oriental Shorthair cat during a cat exhibition in the Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek on February 16, 2013.

2013-02-16 00:00:00