News Search

  • Misawa SERE, JASDF rescue learn life-saving lessons

    Ensuring survival in wartime missions is something all military members train for and exercise regularly, and some Japan Air Self-Defense Force mission partners visited here July 22 and 23 to increase their understanding and ability to help Misawa pilots survive if they were shot down over the

  • Airmen teach English to Korean students

    Airmen assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing are currently participating in a series of sessions aimed at teaching basic English skills to local children here through Aug 15. The Kunsan-sponsored English Discussion Camp, held at Jinp'yo Elementary School in neighboring Gunsan City, involves 15 base

  • Arctic Warrior volunteers for kids' day

    More than 50 boys from the Hogar de Ninos Nazareth Orphanage in Comayagua spent a day of fun here Aug. 2 thanks to the good hearts of members of the Joint Task Force-Bravo community. Nearly 60 Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen volunteered during the day of fun and activities for the boys aged 6-17 years

  • Shoguns hone skills at ECST

    Nearly 50 Kadena Airmen pushed themselves mentally and physically during a three-day Expeditionary Combat Skills Training course here July 31 - Aug. 2. The purpose of the training was to prepare Kadena's Airmen to be combat-ready when deploying to Iraq, Afghanistan, or the Horn of Africa. The course

  • Bergeson to become 3rd WG/CC

    Col. Thomas W. Bergeson will assume command of the 3rd Wing here Aug. 18. Colonel Bergeson was recently deployed as the Chief of Aviation Division of Multi-National Forces Iraq from May 2007-May 2008. Col. Richard Walberg became the 3rd Wing commander after the death of Brig. Gen. Thomas Tinsley

  • President Bush visits Eielson AFB

    President George W. Bush visited Eielson Air Force Base Aug. 4 to address base Airmen and the Soldiers of Fort Wainwright. His visit to Alaska was the first stop in an eight-day tour to Asia as the president meets foreign heads of state and will be on hand for the opening ceremonies at the Olympic