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  • Airdrop delivers rice to orphanage during PACANGEL 15-2

    Scant clouds hang scattered in the sky over parched, arid grassland surrounding a small, neglected airport. Only a handful of aircraft land or take off from the airfield during the year.   A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules with the North Carolina Air National Guard broke the silence of the nearly

  • B-2 deployment to Guam: Teamwork, Sorties, Success

    For nearly 30 days, Airmen from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, showcased the capabilities and mission effectiveness of the B-2 Spirit while deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.   From Aug. 7 to Aug. 28, approximately 225 Airmen from the 509th Bomb Wing exercised their ability to conduct

  • Pacific Agility symposium improves interoperability

    Representatives and specialists from multiple nations gathered at Yokota Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 during the 2015 Pacific Agility C-130 Logistics and Safety Symposium.The symposium is a U.S. Pacific Command initiative aimed at increasing relationships and interoperability between regional partners; it

  • Pacific Angel 15-2 underway in Timor-Leste

    Members of the U.S. Air Force and Navy, Falintil-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL), and New Zealand army began humanitarian assistance operations as part of Pacific Angel 15-2 Sept. 7.   During the joint humanitarian and civic-military exercise, the PACANGEL team — made up of military

  • Obama becomes first U.S. president to set foot north of Arctic Circle

    President Barack Obama arrived in Alaska Monday. During his three-day trip, he visited Anchorage, Seward, Dillingham and Kotzebue, to discuss the threat of climate change to America's future.Obama visited Alaska locations to witness the impacts of climate change on this region - whose occupants are

  • Archbishop of the Military Services visits Osan

    Archbishop Timothy Broglio, Archbishop of the Military Services, recently stopped on the Korean peninsula for a visit from Aug. 22 through 27.He spent time with leadership, service members and their families in Seoul, Camp Humphreys and here."This has been a great opportunity to come see how the

  • USAF, ROKAF, Songtan firefighters strengthen partnerships

    Firefighters from the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron recently hosted a fire training event Aug. 26 for members of the Republic of Korea air force and Songtan fire stations.The two-fold goal of the event was to strengthen partnerships and provide unique training for all involved."It's very important

  • HCATT hosts U.S. Senator

    U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, left, is greeted by Stanley Osserman, Director of the Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technology during a visit to the center at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Aug. 26, 2015. The tour showcased Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s smart energy production, storage

  • Andersen Airmen build communications for dislocated Osan squadrons

    Tech. Sgt. Olandre L. Edwards, 644th Combat Communications Squadron radio frequency transmissions supervisor, adjusts sand bags on an antenna stand as part of a preventative-maintenance inspection to ensure reliable radio communications are maintained. The 644th CBCS is in place at Suwon Air Base,

  • RQ-4 Global Hawk operates eyes in sky

    Several R-Q4 Global Hawks and approximately 40 support and operations personnel are deployed to Misawa Air Base for the aircraft's second rotation here.   The Global Hawk supports U.S. intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions and contingency operations throughout the