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  • 1st pilot in 18th AGRS marks 2,000-hour milestone

    The 18th Aggressor Squadron's first pilot to reach a career hallmark flew his 2,000 hour in the F-16 May 7. "Two-thousand hours in the F-16 was an important goal for me," said Maj. Gene Cassingham. "I've been blessed to stay in the cockpit since 1995." Major Cassingham is now the fifth pilot on

  • Aggressors support Northern Edge air operations

    "We are the bad guys. We are the 'Aggressors'," said Tech. Sgt. Gary Pursley, flightline expeditor, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit of the 18th Aggressor Squadron. Sergeant Pursley along with the rest of the Airmen in the 18th AMU play an important role in Northern Edge 2008, an annual joint-training

  • First C-130 crew provides humanitarian assistance to Burma

    A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules loaded with emergency relief supplies touched down at Rangoon International Airport in Burma May 12 in support of national disaster relief efforts following Tropical Cyclone Nagris that swept through Burma May 2. An aircraft was loaded with 8,300 bottles of water, two

  • Air Force prepares to render aid to Burma

    ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - About 45 members of the 36th Contingency Response Group (CRG) took a seven-hour flight to Utapao Air Base, Thailand, to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Burma. Published reports indicate more than 100,000 people were killed after a cyclone caused massive

  • Thai, U.S. forces train together at Teak Torch

    The language of friendship forged through any communication barriers as the Royal Thai Air Force and the U.S. Air Force did an exchange training here recently. About 130 members from the 353d Special Operations Group based here traveled to Udon Thani Air Base, Thailand, for Exercise Teak Torch. "The

  • Providing CAS during Northern Edge

    Shortly after coordinates were relayed to the pilots and infrared heat markers were deployed emitting a discreet optical beacon, F-16s passed over an unsuspecting convoy, deployed ordnance, and neutralized any possible threats. What appeared to be a malicious air raid was actually a training

  • Kadena observes Days of Remembrance

    Candles illuminated the base chapel May 2 in honor of the 10 million lives extinguished by anti-Semitism and hatred during World War II. Military and civilian members from around the base attended the Days of Remembrance memorial ceremony to pay tribute to the lives of the Jewish people and other

  • Shoguns train with NVGs to see through the night

    Two new courses will essentially give selected Kadena Airmen the ability to see in the dark. The 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron physiological training flight will train Airmen who maintain and inspect aircrew flight equipment and 18th Security Forces members in the proper use of night-vision