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  • Internship promotes international relationship

    A highly competitive and unique program in its infancy here builds bridges between nations, develops professional relationships and improves international health care. The medical summer internship program between Japan and Misawa Air Base began nearly five years ago, said Paul Sayles, 35th Medical

  • ANDERSEN MEMBERS RETURN FROM USNS MERCY HUMANITARIAN MISSION

    Members from the 36th Medical Group, from the 36th Wing and the U.S. Navy Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, stationed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam returned Sunday following a 72-day humanitarian-and-civic-assistance deployment on the USNS Mercy. While embarked on USNS Mercy, service members and

  • Combined forces at ALS benefits students

    Japanese and U.S. military forces train together all the time. The two countries' firefighters, security forces, pilots and maintenance personnel have many opportunities to interact and learn from each other. More and more, that bilateral relationship is carrying over to the military education

  • Pacific nations enhance airpower cooperation

    Forty-nine participates from 19 nations met in Jakarta during the Pacific Rim (PACRIM) Airpower Symposium Sept. 4-8. The symposium endeavored to build and enhance cooperation among the air forces of Pacific nations. Co-hosted by the Indonesian Air Force and U.S. Pacific Air Forces' Kenney

  • Yokota Airmen deploy; GWOT support continues

    Every Airman knows that their mission is to protect the people of the United States and to defend the freedoms by which the country was founded upon. Keeping true to these beliefs approximately 70 Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing here set out on a 120-day deployment Monday in support of Operations

  • U.S. forces support Japanese earthquake drill

    U.S. military forces based in Japan cooperated with Japanese officials in a major earthquake disaster response exercise here Sept. 1. The annual drill was based on a large-scale earthquake in the Tokyo area and helped Japanese government officials examine national, regional and local levels of

  • Airmen sailing to Wake Island for damage check

    Airmen and Sailors from Andersen will sail 1,500 miles to Wake Island to see how well the U.S. territory survived Super Typhoon Ioke. The Air Force evacuated all 188 island residents on two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft Aug. 28 before the typhoon arrived Aug. 31 with 155 mph winds and gusts to

  • Damage on Wake less than feared, flyover shows

    A U.S. Coast Guard aerial assessment of Wake Island Sept. 2 showed less destruction than expected from Super Typhoon Ioke, but the Air Force needs people on the ground at Wake to determine the full extent of damage, officials said. The Coast Guard flew the mission to check for pollution releases.

  • Wake Evacuated; Hickam C-17s airlift 188 people from tiny Pacific Island

    In a total force effort, 15th Airlift Wing and Hawaii Air National Guard members flew two C-17s to evacuate 188 personnel from Wake Island Monday, prior to Super Typhoon Ioke reaching the tiny U.S. Territory. The evacuees were active-duty Airmen, DoD and Thai national contactors. The evacuees filed