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  • PACAF units support Bangladesh relief operations

    Pacific Air Forces units are providing relief in Bangladesh in the wake of a tropical cyclone which struck the nation's south coast Nov. 15 causing significant damage and thousands of casualties. Elements of the 36th Contingency Response Group from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, arrived at Dhaka,

  • Eielson Airman awarded PACAF Male Athlete of the Year

    After participating in more than 100 running and triathlon events, Master Sgt. Robert Wieland, 354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs superintendent, gets the distinguished pleasure to receive the 2007 Pacific Air Forces Male Athlete of the Year award. Sergeant Wieland is also a member of the Air Force

  • PACAF commander, command chief visit Kunsan for Thanksgiving

    The men and women of the 8th Fighter Wing received a special surprise visit this Thanksgiving when the Pacific Air Forces commander and command chief took time out of their schedules to visit here. General Paul Hester, PACAF commander and Chief Master Sergeant Anthony Bishop, PACAF command chief,

  • PACAF commander gives 'heartfelt thank you' to Airmen

    Gen. Paul V. Hester, Pacific Air Forces commander, made a Thanksgiving Day visit here to personally serve holiday fare to Team Osan and the Wolf Pack at Kunsan Air Base. Along with Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Bishop, command chief of PACAF, General Hester has visited the Korean Peninsula every

  • 3rd Medical Group ready for Soldiers' return

    The 3rd Medical Group here is ready to provide treatment to the more than 3,700 Soldiers of Fort Richardson's 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, who have returned or are preparing to return from deployment. "The men and women of the 3rd Medical Group have been making the

  • Next PACAF commander confirmed

    On Nov.16 the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmed Lieutenant General Carrol H. "Howie" Chandler's promotion to general and appointment as the next commander of Pacific Air Forces with change of command scheduled for Nov. 30 at Hickam Air Force Base. Lt. Gen. Chandler is currently the Deputy

  • B-2 Spirits participate in Koa Lightning

    B-2 Spirit stealth bombers from the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed here from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., took off for their latest batch of Koa Lightning exercises Nov. 15. These sorties, which are well over 20 hours in duration, tout the Air Force's unique capability to send long