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  • Team Kadena runs for strength, unity

    Army and Air Force members of Team Kadena display unit colors during an Army/Air Force 5K run Nov. 6, 2015, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The run signified strength and unity among Team Kadena’s joint services. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amber E. N. Jacobs/Released)

  • Thousands converge for Kadena Special Olympics 2015

    Approximately 1,700 volunteers from different branches of the U.S. military and the local community helped with the 16th annual Kadena Special Olympic Games Nov. 7 at the Risner Fitness Center Sports Complex here. The games were held as an opportunity for more than 850 special needs athletes and

  • Honoring veterans past, present this Veterans Day

    To the men and women of Pacific Air Forces and to veterans across the services, I offer my sincere gratitude and appreciation for your dedicated service. As you know, this Wednesday commemorates a significant date in our nation's history, a day in 1918 where a signed armistice marked an end to World

  • SECDEF Carter bids “Aloha” to JBPHH, Indo-Asian Pacific region

    In his last stop before leaving Hawaii, United States Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter held a “troop talk” with the United States Air Force, U.S. Army, Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and the Coast Guard here, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. The event, which was held at Hangar 19 on JBPHH, allowed service

  • Vigilant Ace 16: playing offense, defense with security forces

    It’s the 51st Security Forces Squadron versus -- the 51st Security Forces Squadron in a simulated, week-long battle for control of the base during the peninsula-wide exercise, Vigilant Ace 16. SFS trainers utilize newly arrived defenders to fill the role of OPFOR during exercises. “We use the new

  • U.S., Malaysia partnership brings fallen hero home

    The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has one end goal; to find our fallen service members, bring them home and provide answers to their families. On Nov. 5, at Subang Air Base, Malaysia, a repatriation ceremony was held to honor one of our patriots returning to American soil.The yet to be

  • Vigilant Ace: Maintaining the night

    Airman 1st Class John Frerichs, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron hydraulics system technician, searches for tools for a scheduled C-130 Hercules inspection during Vigilant Ace 16 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 2, 2015. Maintainers with the 374 AMXS always work 24 hours a day, seven days a week,

  • 36 FS, AMU dominate Vigilant Ace 16

    Night and day, the Fiends of the 36th Fighter Squadron are sending fully-loaded F-16 Fighting Falcons into the skies above the Korean peninsula to test their combat capabilities and readiness during Vigilant Ace 16.Vigilant Ace 16 is a large-scale exercise designed to enhance combat capabilities and

  • Safety, precision vital during engine running off-load

    Hot air whips around as the engine of the C-130 Hercules roars, yet Airmen assigned to the 731st Air Mobility Squadron are not deterred by the forceful winds.These airmen are performing an engine running offload as part of the readiness exercise Vigilant Ace 16."Being able to effectively offload

  • K-9 teams sniff out OPFOR during Vigilant Ace 16

    As night falls, the task of defending the base from ground attacks become more difficult. All manner of sins can be hid in the dark, but you can’t hide so easily from a Military Working Dog, especially if you don’t know he’s there.Teams of Military Working Dogs and their handlers man listening and