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  • Operation Deep Freeze summer season commences

    An annual ritual that has persevered for more than 50 years was observed Oct. 1 in ChristChurch, New Zealand, when the (Mount) Erebus Chalice held at the ChristChurch Cathedral over the winter, was presented to the Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica. Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Bill Yates accepted

  • Air Force helps Hawaii Marines get ready for Iraq

    A group of Hawaii-based Marines will soon be off on a combat deployment to Iraq, which means combat training is paramount right now. Marines in Hawaii can only conduct so much of their vital training on their island home of Oahu, so they're getting a helping hand and some strategic lift from the Air

  • America Soars on Air Force Wings

    The United States of America depends on its Air Force to defend the population, deliver global effects and jointly accomplish national objectives to an extent unseen in the history of mankind. In my 35 years of service, many things have changed. Yet, what has remained constant is the extraordinary

  • Kadena Airman becomes first non-Marine to earn ‘Gung Ho’ Award

    Air Force Master Sgt. Gary Solomon used to think all young Marines just got drunk and started fights, and the senior enlisted tried to be "Gunny Highway" from the movie "Heartbreak Ridge." But Sergeant Solomon, assigned to Kadena Air Base, said recently after attending the Marine Staff

  • RED HORSE breaks ground on new training field

    Airmen broke ground on the Northwest Field Expeditionary Training Campus here Oct. 11. The 554th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers will accomplish $20 million in construction over the next five years. "Right now we are only 74 strong, but we'll have our full

  • MUTES trains deployed electronic warfare officers

    Deployed Guardsmen from the 266th Range Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, are helping B-52 Stratofortress electronic warfare officers quickly identify potential aircraft threats at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of the Air Force's continuous bomber presence in the Pacific. The

  • Deployed B-52 maintainers achieve perfect record

    Since deploying here, B-52 Stratofortress maintainers with the 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron have achieved a 100-percent mission effectiveness-rate and 100-percent weapons-release rate for every sortie flown during September. The percentages reflect almost 50 sorties, accumulating

  • 13th AF welcomes new commander, transforms into component headquarters

    A one-year transformation of command and control of air, space and information operations in the Pacific ended here recently as 13th Air Force officially began operations as a component numbered air force headquarters and welcomed a new commander. Former Pacific Air Forces Deputy Commander, Lt. Gen.

  • Wolf War Days conquered by base; Kunsan continues to refine training

    Continuing to hone their war-time skills, Airman here recently completed two Wolf War Days that provides additional training on how to react and respond to chemical and conventional warfare. The exercise, spanning Sept. 26 and 27, focused on the ability to survive and operate, or ATSO training,

  • Stop that jet; Ground emergency tests Arctic Warriors’ training, teamwork

    Stop that jet... Ground emergency tests Arctic Warriors' training, teamwork Major Carey Jones had just landed her F-15C after her second sortie of the day when she noticed a problem. "After I air-braked and brought the nose down, I noticed that my left brake was a little mushy," she said.