Vector rocks summer camp for kids

Senior Airman Simon Thomsen gives tips on how to play the drums after the U.S. Air Forces Central Band "Vector" performance at the Mayak Camp, Kyrgyzstan, July 23, 2012. Vector played for various audiences on a four-day tour throughout the Issyk-Kul province. Thomsen is a drummer deployed out of the Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Calif. and is a native of Los Angeles. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)

Vector performs final concert in Kyrgyzstan

Staff Sgt. Samantha Renner sings to Shreeva, 4, during a U.S. Air Forces Central Band "Vector" performance at the Maevka House of Culture in Maevka Village, Kyrgyzstan, July 27, 2012. Renner volunteered to sing with the band for their final concert in their nine-day tour in Kyrgyzstan. Renner is a 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron resource controller at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan and is deployed out of Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. She is a native of Fremont, Neb.(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)

Blue diplomacy

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - U.S. Air Forces Central Band Afterburner entertains during a dinner at the Emirates Palace Feb. 15, 2012. The U.S. Embassy hosted an Independence Day celebration for hundreds of people representing dozens of countries. The embassy staff celebrates America's birthday in February instead of July 4 because of the hot summer weather in the Arabian Gulf Coast. The band played for more than two hours at the event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Arian Nead)

AFCENT Band -- Making friendships through music

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Ted Stearns, NCO in charge of the U.S. Air Forces Central Band Afterburner, dances with a student at the Bishkek School of Choreography in Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 2012. The band is currently touring local schools in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of friendship between the U.S. and Kyrgyzstan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Salanitri/Released)

One team - one fight

Sidewinder, the U.S. Air Forces Central Command band, gets the crowd involved during a set at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Aug. 21, 2011, as the entire audience stood up for the last song of the night. This show took place at a hangar on the flightline at 1:30 a.m. for Airmen who work nights and were unable to attend any of the other shows. (U.S. Air Force photo)

AFCENT band brings total force integration on tour

Sidewinder, the U.S. Air Forces Central Command band, gets the crowd involved during a set at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Aug. 21, 2011, as the entire audience stood up for the last song of the night. This show took place at a hangar on the flightline at 1:30 a.m. for Airmen who work nights and were unable to attend any of the other shows. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Patrick Mitchell)