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  • JASDF hosts Mochitsuki ceremony

    Wooden mallets, stone mortars and rice may seem like a unique mix, but in the Japanese culture this trio has been part of a tradition for more than a millennium. Members of Team Yokota gathered to celebrate a Japanese tradition through Mochitsuki, a mochi pounding event, at Yokota Air Base, Japan,

  • PACAF Airmen donate 2K pounds to local food bank

    Members from Pacific Air Forces A5/8 Directorate of Strategy, Plans and Programs donate food to a local Hawaii food bank, Dec. 15, 2015, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The Airmen collected and donated more than 2,500 pounds of food, to include rice and canned goods. (U.S. Air Force photo by

  • PACAF units spread holiday cheer

    U.S. Air Force volunteers pose for a photo with children and staff from the Midori School-Age Program during a visit, Dec. 10, 2015, in Okinawa City, Japan. Fourteen volunteers from Kadena’s Top 3 and the 18th Communications Squadron brought a little Christmas cheer when they visited the SAP.

  • Misawa pilots save Iraqi civilians, earn 2014 Mackay Trophy

    Stranded on Mount Sinjar, Iraq, without food, water or medical care, facing starvation and dehydration, and under constant enemy gunfire, more than 40,000 Iraqi Yazidis were saved by a multinational coalition force led by Misawa Air Base F-16C Fighting Falcon pilots during an airstrike Aug. 9, 2014.

  • Pacific Air Forces hosts Republic of Korea National Assembly Defense Committee

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark C. Dillon, Pacific Air Forces vice commander, and the Honorable Chung, Doo Un (center), Republic of Korea’s Chairman of the National Assembly Defense Committee, pose for a group photo during Chung’s visit to PACAF’s headquarters, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii,

  • Military working dogs sharpen their bites

    U.S. Army Pfc. Richard Schmidt, Public Health Command District Japan, Okinawa Branch veterinary technician, examines the mouth of Aly, 18th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, before intubation during an annual dental examination at the Veterinary Treatment Facility, Dec. 9, 2015, at

  • Osan MXS Airmen create innovative 8-step process to repair aircraft

    Airmen from the 51st Maintenance Squadron aircraft fuels system repair shop have an important job in helping keep aircraft ready to take-off at a moment's notice. To ensure the aircraft are indeed ready to "fight tonight," the Airmen are responsible for necessary preventative maintenance, decreasing

  • ROKAF, USAF POL train together

    Without a Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants flight, it would be difficult to get aircraft off the ground. Kunsan Air Base Airmen conducted their first ever POL bilateral training with the Republic of Korea air force Dec. 8. The training is focused on building partnership capacity with ROKAF

  • U.S. Marines join Cable Dawgs for joint exchange program

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jacob Schroader, 18th Communications Squadron cable and antenna systems journeyman, and U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Travis Carriger, a construction wireman with Headquarters and Service Battalion, G-6 Division, Telephone Systems Branch, work together to test the newly

  • Mission matters: Time, weather won't win

    With the clock about to strike 2 a.m., the front door of the 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron repeatedly swings open and shut as Airmen file in for an earlier than normal start to their day of missions.   With jets to launch, which will support exercise training on the opposite side of the