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  • Length of Service

    The mighty Sakura cherry blossom trees that tower over the Yokota streets were once small saplings, no higher than your knee.Daniel Timperio, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron furniture and upholstery supervisor, and Keiichi Nishimura, 374th CES deputy fire chief, remember the start of these saplings

  • Misawa test cell Airmen run F-16 engines

    “It's extremely loud, windy and you can feel the whole building shake. You can feel the blood flowing through your body. It sort of makes it feel as though you're floating,” said Staff Sgt. Casey Jones, a 35th Maintenance Squadron test cell aerospace propulsion craftsman. “Standing inside the test

  • Exercise Sling Stone 21-1

    Team Andersen conducted an antiterrorism/force protection exercise dubbed Sling Stone 21-1 on November 5, 2020, on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, with its Joint Region Marianas partners to strengthen the base’s ability to respond to security threats.

  • Deicing simulator enables Airmen to train year-round

    Alaska is a winter wonderland from October through March. Those living can stare at the picturesque view of the flight line with aircraft blanketed in snow. However, those aircraft will eventually take off to fulfill their mission requirements and it’s the Airmen from the 3rd Maintenance Group who

  • Kadena Airman saves two lives at local waterfall

    Most people think heroes wear capes and have secret identities. In reality, we are all mere mortals capable of amazing feats when situations call for great courage, skill and strength.Recently, Airman 1st Class Leonard Cantrell Jr., an executive communications technician with the 18th Communications

  • Andersen Airmen fix only weather radar system on Guam

    The 36th Operation Support Squadron’s Radar, Airfield & Weather System technicians recently repaired the klystron, a power source for the antenna amplifier, on the Next-Generation Radar system on Guam Oct. 27.

  • Airmen showcase capabilities, readiness in wing-wide exercise

    Team Yokota members participated in a week-long Samurai Readiness Inspection exercise, Oct. 26-30.The full-scale exercise is designed to enhance base readiness through training and practicing skillsets, ensuring the base is ready to respond to potential real-world contingencies in the area.

  • JSTARS Shine at Kadena Air Base

    The primary mission of the JSTARS team is to provide theater ground and air commanders with ground surveillance to support attack operations and targeting that contributes to the delay, disruption and destruction of enemy forces.

  • Wolf Pack refuels, trains over Korea

    U.S Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 8th Fighter Wing receive fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus from the 931st Air Refueling Wing as they fly over the Republic of Korea, Oct. 23, 2020. The KC-46A Pegasus represents the beginning of a new era in aerial refueling, providing vital