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  • 9 units team up for PACAF ammo production exercise

    Airmen participated in the Pacific Air Forces' 2015 Combat Ammunition Production Exercise here May 31 to June 5.The annual exercise tested more than 250 Airmen from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam; Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea; Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea; Kadena Air Base, Japan; Dyess Air

  • Hawaiian Raptors surge to new record

    A record breaking number of F-22 raptor sorties were successfully launched from the runway at JBPHH, June 6.Pilots of the F-22 from the Hawaii Air National Guard's 199th Fighter Squadron and the 19th Fighter Squadron teamed up with maintenance Airmen from the 154th Wing and 15th Maintenance Group to

  • Dirt Boyz dream big, dig lifestyle

    Perhaps Confucius said it best, "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."For two Dirt Boyz assigned to the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron, Confucius seems to have hit the nail on the head.Senior Airman Andrew Sundling and Airman 1st Class Adam Pryor, both 354th CES

  • ROK, US crew chiefs keep jets flying

    The flying mission does not stop. At any given hour, teams of maintainers work as their uniforms reek and glisten of oil and hydraulic fluid.Regardless of the time, day or severity of the weather, these men and women report to their duty sections every day with one mission -- keep their aircraft

  • Buddy Wing 15-4: ROKAF, USAF ready together

    Wolf Pack pilots practiced combined flying operations with their Republic of Korea Air Force counterparts during Exercise Buddy Wing 15-4 here, June 1 through 5.During this iteration of Buddy Wing, the 8th Fighter Wing hosted Airmen from the 123rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Wing, Seosan

  • New USFJ, 5 AF leader assumes command

    Lt. Gen. John L. Dolan assumed command of U.S. Forces Japan, and Fifth Air Force during a change of command ceremony held June 5, 2015, here.Dolan, the former Chief of Staff U.S. Pacific Command, replaced Lt. Gen. Sam Angelella who retired June 5, 2015.Gen. Lori J. Robinson, Pacific Air Forces

  • Military working dog handlers take bite for training

    Military Working Dog handlers from the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army, and Marines attended a four-day MWD handler decoy training here June 3, designed to improve the MWD handlers decoy skills and increase their proficiencies as trainers of MWD ."The decoy is the sparring partner for a MWD; there is

  • Civil engineers plumb their way to brighter future for PACANGEL

    In the remote highlands high above Goroka, Papua New Guinea, sits Gahuku Primary School, the Pacific Angel engineering team's largest project. More than 1,000 students climb up and down rickety stairs daily while ferrying between eight classrooms with standing room only.Fourteen U.S. military civil