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  • Pacific Air Forces commander arrives in India

    Gen. Lori J. Robinson, Pacific Air Forces commander, arrived in India Dec. 4 to meet with Indian defense officials and discuss mutual cooperation during the first PACAF commander’s visit to the nation since 2011. Robinson is visiting at the invitation of Air Chief Marshall Arup Raha, India’s senior

  • MUNS Airmen epitomize fight tonight readiness

    They are the bullets in the gun, the missiles on the aircraft and the career field that keep Team Osan ready to fight tonight.The 51st Munitions Squadron is comprised of 85 different facilities that house multiple sections such as pre-load, control, storage and precision guided munitions. Located at

  • Airman overcomes adversity to follow dream

    What happens when a dream you’ve been working toward since you were 6 gets ripped from you? How do you cope, move on and rekindle that dream?First Lt. Charity Borg, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces protocol officer, faced this dilemma a few years ago when she was in the middle of her freshman year at

  • CNMI Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement comment period extended

    The U.S. Air Force announced the comment period for Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Divert Activities and Exercises, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has been extended from Dec. 1 until Dec. 14. The Air Force published the Revised Draft EIS Oct. 16 and can be downloaded

  • Yokota Airman selected for commission through SLECP

    Tech. Sgt. Carla Plummer, 5th Air Forces airfield management representative for Japan bases, was recently selected to commission as a second lieutenant through the Air Force's newest incentive commissioning program: the Senior Leadership Enlisted Commissioning Program.The SLECP is unique to other

  • Air traffic controllers keep eyes on skies 24/7

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesse Kow, 18th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, advises an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot before takeoff, Nov. 30, 2015, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Kadena is the largest combat wing in the Pacific with its abundance of air frames and missions. Kadena's air

  • Battlefield Airmen complete DARC training

    Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron completed Direct Action Resource Center training with a mobile training team on the Camp Hansen range Nov. 20.The training was held locally in order to reduce the costs that were once used to send entire STS teams back stateside. Instructors modified

  • 18th CEG conducts fire demo for Tokyo, Okinawa cadets

    U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jon Ammon, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron assistant chief of operations, gives a brief introduction to a live firefighting demonstration, Nov. 24, 2015, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Firefighters from the 18th CES performed a demonstration for Tokyo and Okinawan firefighter

  • UN Day's 70th anniversary celebrated in Tokyo

    Members of the Yokota Air Base honor guard present the colors during the United Nations Day 70th Anniversary Celebration in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 16, 2015. UN Day commemorates the anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter in 1945 and has been celebrated as UN Day since 1948. The

  • Why I wear teal: To take care of them

    Editor's note: this story is part of a series featuring Victim Advocates across the 354th Fighter Wing..Sexual assault used to be something that was foreign to me. It was this myth; a mystery that leadership talked about -- at least I thought it was.