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  • Former Pacific Air Forces female Airman earns Ranger tab

    Since 1955 when the Army began accepting Airmen into its school, nearly 300 Airmen across different AFSCs have earned the Ranger tab. This week, Air Force 1st Lt. Chelsey Hibsch joined those ranks and became the first Air Force female Airman to earn the tab.

  • Andersen’s defenses keeping with the times

    In an effort to increase the lethality of the warfighter, the Air Force announced earlier this year that the 30-year-old M9 pistol would be put to rest and the new workhorse, the Sig Sauer M18 pistol, would be taking its place.The 36th Security Forces Squadron recently received the M18 and have been

  • Wolf highlights maintenance, recognizes innovation

    The 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit support section was recognized by 8th Fighter Wing leaders for executing innovative new processes that led to the reduction of annual man-hours and misplaced tool incidents.

  • Andersen’s B-52 assists in search and rescue

    The 69th Expeditionary Bomber Squadron, assigned to Andersen Air Force Base, along with the U.S. Coast Guard and good samaritans aboard the Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System (AMVER) vessel Isl Star, rescued eight mariners aboard the 60-foot Indonesian-flagged fishing vessel KM Aleluya

  • 2019 Air Force Civilian Advisory Council familiarization flight

    Thirty-one Air Force Civilian Advisory Council civic leaders attended a Pacific Air Forces-hosted C-17 civic leader flight where they witnessed two refueling efforts by a KC-135 Stratofortress and one simulated C-17 cargo drop. Upon landing, AFCAC observed a heritage celebration for Staff Sgt. Ryan

  • Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson firefighters help fight McKinley Fire

    Fifteen firefighters from the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron Fire and Emergency Services Flight and three firefighters from the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Wildland Support Module returned to JBER at approximately 10 p.m. Aug. 22, from assisting with efforts to suppress the McKinley Fire.

  • Resiliency in the midst of the reaper

    Born into a military family, U.S. Air Force Capt. Cole Holloway was destined to follow both his mother and father’s footsteps into the U.S. Air Force – more specifically, to follow his father’s aviation path and become a pilot.Holloway met his goal and accomplished his dream job – he successfully

  • 2019 Red Flag-Alaska season concludes

    Red Flag-Alaska 19-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment, concluded, Aug. 16, 2019.“For RF-A 19-3 we have participating units from the U.K., U.S., Canada and Australia,” said U.S. Air Force Capt. Loren Keisling, RF-A 19-3