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  • 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

  • Wild Weasel firefighter puts out flames on first assignment jitters

    Anticipation of future assignments can create a gut-twisting feeling, leaving Airmen anxious, restless or even uneasy, but Airman 1st Class Adam Cardona, a 35th Civil Engineer Squadron fire protection journeyman, combatted his first assignment jitters with fun, exploration and self-discovery.

  • Airmen exercise Agile Combat Employment at Red Flag Alaska

    There are many features of the Indo-Pacific theatre that make it stand out from the eight other major Air Force commands; perhaps the most evident is its size and water-to-land ratio. With most of the land area consisting of small islands and thousands of square miles of ocean between, finding an