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  • More than a century of service

    Today is the fourth commemoration of National Vietnam Veterans Day -- a day to thank and honor our nation’s heroes.

  • It takes a village to raise a child

    At 3:20 a.m. an alarm goes off, waking up Heaven Fisher to start her day. She walks to her son, Carson’s room and gently shakes him awake. As a single parent, these mornings can be difficult but luckily for Fisher, she doesn’t have to do it alone.

  • Hawaii aircraft maintenance units execute C-17 to F-22 refueling

    Total Force Initiative (TFI) Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam executed ground refueling between two separate and contrasting airframes Feb. 25.Airmen from the active-duty 15th Maintenance Group (MXG) and Hawaii Air National Guard 154th MXG successfully transferred fuel from a C-17

  • 506th EARS crew assist in rescuing 5 missing mariners

    U.S. Air Force Guardsmen from the 155th Air Refueling Squadron, Nebraska Air National Guard deployed here, along with Coast Guard and Federated States of Micronesia responders rescued missing fishermen in the vicinity of Houk Island, Chuuk, March 12, 2020.

  • Maintainers help get U-2 back on ground

    A U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to 5th Reconnaissance Squadron prepares to land at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 12, 2021. The U-2 is one of two planes in the U.S. Air Force that the wheels are in a bicycle configuration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Branden Rae)

  • EOD train, detonate explosives to stay sharp

    Senior Airman Cameron Snyder, left, and Staff Sgt. Alexander Baker, right, 51st Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technicians, removes a F6A robot from their mobile response vehicle at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 10, 2021. When the EOD team is not actively responding to

  • US-Japan conducts historic airborne operation

    YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – In the bright Japanese morning sun, stretched across the flightline, more than 500 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members talk, rehearse jump procedures and shimmy parachute packs onto their backs. All the while, U.S. Air Force Airmen prepare 12 C-130J Super Hercules