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  • Trading places: EOD, weapons load swap jobs

    Airmen from the explosive ordnance disposal flight and weapons load crew section swapped jobs here June 23 and 25. The exchange provided the Airmen a chance to tour each other's facilities, use their equipment and learn about one another's daily duties."This opportunity allows us to see what else

  • Japanese English Mutual Study program fosters ties

    U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Nicole Reale (left), 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron airfield battle manager, and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Capt. Takao, Southwestern Composite Air Division Headquarters communications officer, ask each other questions about their personal lives on Kadena Air Base,

  • NE15 hones interoperability during joint exercise

    Over 6,000 U.S. service members and 200 aircraft from across the continental United States and Indo-Asia-Pacific converged upon Alaska for Exercise Northern Edge 2015 June 15 through 26. Northern Edge, a biannual Pacific Command contingency exercise, seeks to replicate the most challenging scenarios

  • Teak Mint participants visit orphanage in Malaysia

    Teak Mint participants visited the Rumah Kasih Hormoni Orphanage near Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia, June 6, 2015.Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group, the 36th Airlift Squadron and the Royal Malaysian Air Force collected more than $1,000 to donate clothes and games. They also helped clean up and

  • Air Commandos complete Teak Mint 15-1

    Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group along with members from the 36th Airlift Squadron conducted multinational and bilateral training during Joint Chief of Staff Exercise Teak Mint 15-1 in Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan, Malaysia, May 26 through June 13.“This exercise has been a great

  • POL keeps planes in air during NE15

    Over the course of the two-week-long exercise, known as Northern Edge 15, participants practiced tactics, techniques and procedures in vast Alaskan training ranges. The designated areas include a 42,000 square nautical miles in the Gulf of Alaska, 65,000 square miles of airspace and nearly 2,500

  • 966th AACS tests upgraded AWACS platform at NE15

    Calmly soaring at 30,000 feet in the midst of nearly 100 fighters, bombers and refueling tankers executing a battle scenario, an Air Force E-3G Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) surveys every aircraft in a 300 mile radius, calling out commands, verifying target hits and sending aircraft

  • Sparks fly in metal technology shop

    Sparks fly as Airmen help pieces of metal take form. These Airmen sometimes create something from nothing or improve necessary equipment for squadrons to continue their daily tasks.   Airmen from the metal technology section of the 374th Maintenance Squadron fabrication flight play an essential role