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  • Six countries converge for PACANGEL Papua New Guinea

    A six-nation Pacific Angel 15-4 team arrived June 1 in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.The Pacific Angels -- doctors, dentists, plumbers and planners from Papua New Guinea, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Indonesia -- tumbled out of trucks in Goroka, a town

  • Colleges, universities to provide higher-level education in Pacific theater

    The Department of Defense awarded contracts to four colleges and universities to provide in resident college and graduate programs at overseas military installations across U.S. Pacific Command to include Mainland Japan, Okinawa, Korea and Guam. Universities will provide education programs for

  • Wolf Pack welcomes the Lobos

    The 8th Fighter Wing relies on more than two thousand permanently assigned Airmen to carry out its mission.On May 14, the Wolf Pack welcomed more than 250 South Dakota National Guard from the 114th Fighter Wing, Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. They are deployed here as the 175th Fighter

  • Diamond in rough: Airman's recovery from haunted past

    Growing up, many of his childhood nights were spent staring through a gaping hole in his bedroom ceiling. He didn't know how it got there, but sometimes it served as a pleasant escape from the surrounding chaos. It gave access to the wide open Oklahoma sky and he positioned his mattress in the

  • Friends through fire

    Firefighters from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron and Japan Air Self-Defense Force participated in a joint fire training exercise May 26 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. This bilateral training opportunity ensured the 374th CES and JASDF firemen are able to work in sync with one another if they should

  • Aircrew decontamination training

    Airmen from the 36th Airlift Squadron and 374th Operations Support Squadron performed aircrew decontamination procedures with the Lightweight Inflatable Decontamination System (LIDS). The LIDS takes about 20 minutes to set up and consists of four stations for rinsing off excess chemicals and a

  • Wolf all call: Be mission ready

    The 8th Fighter Wing commander and 8th FW command chief held all calls here May 22 to introduce themselves and their vision to the Wolf Pack."I've been waiting over 20 years to be a part of the Wolf Pack, and I'm so excited to be your new Wolf," said Col. Jeremy "Wolf" Sloane, 8th FW commander.