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  • Securing Airspace: JBER supports PRSC tenant unit

    All around Alaska, and out into the Pacific, little white domes dot the mountainside, coastlines and islands -- the only tangible evidence of America's invisible armor.   The domes are operated 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by a small crew of mostly contracted civilian Airmen.   They drive up

  • Pilot for Day program fulfills Leukemia patient’s wish

    When 9-year-old Eddie Paul Bearb learned he would be granted one wish, he didn't have to think twice about what it would be.    Since as long as he and his parents can remember, Eddie Paul has wanted to be a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, and July 30, he took his first true steps to achieving that

  • RED HORSE Airmen lend helping hands to Philippines community

    Airmen from the 554th RED HORSE Squadron here helped complete a humanitarian assistance project July 30 in the Philippines in support of the State Partnership Program. Eight members from Andersen Air Force Base, along with the Hawaii Army National Guard, Guam Army National Guard and Armed Forces of

  • Behind Yokota's airpower

    On a particularly warm summer day here at Yokota, the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron cryogenics lab Airmen welcomed the snow-white gas that poured out of the frozen metallic tube.   The cryogenics lab Airmen spent their morning providing liquid oxygen, or LOX, and liquid nitrogen, LIN, to the

  • Separated by life, reunited by Blue

    Shaking with excitement, Andrzej Pankowski struggled to stay awake into the early hours of the night, just to contact his older brother Jarek, located halfway across the world in northern Japan.   His phone call was met with both disbelief and reciprocated excitement.   Separated for nearly 10 years

  • Building smiles: Ammo hosts children's visit

    Airmen from the 35th Maintenance Squadron munitions flight welcomed 45 children from the Shichinohe Children's Home to an afternoon of fun-filled activities here July 25. Organized by Staff Sgt. Dominic Gauna, 35th MXS NCO in charge of munitions flight plans and scheduling, the three-hour event was

  • 374th OSS: Guaranteeing aircrew survivability

    While soaring at an altitude of 15,000 feet, the engines on the right side of the aircraft, numbers three and four, unexpectedly go out. They're not coming back to life. The onboard aircrew members have no choice but to bail out of the plane.   If this scenario was real, the aircrew would have no

  • Seeing double: 36th SFS twins defend Andersen together

    There are two very similar Airmen one may encounter while driving through the gates at Andersen Air Force Base.   Though not exactly identical, they could almost be the same person, but one has longer hair. They have the same Washington state accent, stand at about the same height with little

  • CGs help protect Yokota

    They're the first sight people see when they enter Yokota. They scan common access cards and wish visitors a good day or smile when those visitors attempt broken Japanese. Personnel typically see these men guarding the gates, but few probably know what else they do. CGs are Japanese nationals who

  • Tour enhances US-Japan relations

    Aircrew members with the 459th Airlift Squadron take seats in an OH-1 Omega helicopter at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2015. The OH-1, which was part of a static display hosted by Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, is the first helicopter designed and manufactured in Japan. (U.S. Air Force