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  • AEW Stand up

    More than 800 U.S. forces and allies arrived this week at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska for Cooperative Cope Thunder06-03, the Air Force's largest multilateral air combat exercise in the pacific. Filling the role of lead wing this year is the 35th Fighter Wing Wild Weasels of Misawa Air Base,

  • Kadena, Nirai fire departments participate in joint training exercise

    The 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department and the Nirai Fire Department (Chatan Town, Kadena Town, and Yomiton Village) participated in a joint fire training exercise, July 14, at the Kadena Fire Department’s training site. Sixty firefighters, 16 vehicles to include a fire truck and emergency

  • Hickam AFB welcomes its final C-17

    Team Hickam welcomed the last of its eight C-17 Globemaster III aircraft today. The arrival of The Spirit of Kamehameha – Imua marked the successful transformation of the 15th Airlift Wing from a support unit to an operational strategic airlift wing. Earlier this year the 15th Airlift Wing had no

  • Misawa wins award for best large post office

    The Misawa Postal Service Center was recently announced as the best large postal facility in the Air Force. The 35th Communications Squadron received this announcement after being nominated for several noteworthy achievements in 2005. During 2005, the Misawa post office team was recognized as the

  • Total Force at work in RIMPAC

    Seven F-15 fighter jets assigned to the Hawaii Air National Guard fired AIM-7 Sparrow missiles at drones dropped from a Navy F-18 yesterday. Pilots fired the missiles in the Pacific Missile Range Facility off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii, as part of the 2006 Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC).

  • AFSO 21; Elmendorf unit saves thousands

    With cutbacks in the Air Force and the growing importance of Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st century, one unit is doing their part. AFSO 21 is about eliminating or reducing waste and the members of the 3rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron's Nondestructive Inspection laboratory have found a way

  • RIMPAC 2006: Perfect air operations training

    Airmen and Sailors working in the Pacific Air Operations Center here are getting unique command and control training during the Rim of the Pacific exercise, known as RIMPAC 2006. Seven Pacific Rim nations and the United Kingdom are participating with the United States in the major maritime exercise,

  • C-130 Hercules crew delivers critical supplies

     A C-130 Hercules crew assigned to the 738th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron provided critical support to an Army operating location in Afghanistan on July 6 by airdropping essential supplies before a potential enemy attack. Aircraft commander Capt. Travis Sjostedt and his crew just completed their