Major Robert Mehan of the 128th Maintenance Group, stationed out of Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia, waits to disembark a KC-135 at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan.

With temperatures plummeting to -20 degrees Celsius in January, Kyrgyzstan's Naryn region is ideal for winter sports. Despite being scarcely populated and lacking investment, the region offers ...

Last year, Kyrgyzstan threatened to close Manas after Moscow offered more than $2 billion in aid and loans. However, Kyrgyzstan agreed to keep open the base after the U.S. government tripled its ...