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  • Yokota-Nepal support: Behind the readiness

    Members of Yokota, serving at the primary airlift hub in the Pacific region, often deploy to provide humanitarian aid to countries stricken by natural disasters. In recent years alone, the 374th Airlift Wing has deployed to support regional countries such as Japan after the Tohoku earthquake in

  • Operation Sahayogi Haat Airport Operations Update

    On May 11, Airmen assigned to the 36th Contingency Response Group in cooperation with DHL Contractors and the Nepalese army offloaded 509,380 pounds of cargo and uploaded 18,450 pounds of cargo to nine aircraft at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.Since the 36th CRG arrived May

  • Power, influence: Baron Controllers lead the fight

    A baron is described as a man who possesses great power of influence in some field of activity along with being a class of individual who holds his rights of title because of military superiority and honorable service.Baron Controllers from the 18th Aggressor Squadron earn this title as experts in

  • Suits of hazard: Emergency response training

    Airmen from the 374th Civil Engineering Squadron and the 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron worked together to respond to a scenario during an emergency response training exercise at Yokota Air Base May 6. According to the training scenario, responders were called to investigate after a simulated

  • Equipment specialist saves AF money building simulator

    Jolly Tangog found his niche in a job he didn't even know the description of when he applied for it - but it fit his skill set perfectly and allowed him to build something new.Just a few months into his work as equipment specialist with Air Force engineering and technical services for the 732nd

  • ALCOM, USCG District 17 host Arctic General Officer/Flag Officer conference

    Alaskan Command and U.S. Coast Guard District 17 hosted an Arctic General Officer/Flag Officer (GO/FO) Conference April 29 - May 1, which included flag officers and senior enlisted leaders from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska National Guard and Canadian Forces, to strengthen

  • Misawa unveils new refueling system

    After a two-year process, the installation of a Type III hydrant system was officially recognized during a ribbon cutting ceremony here May 11.The system upgrade allows R-12 fuel servicing vehicles to refuel aircraft at Misawa via an underground constant pressure fuel system that transfers fuel

  • Nepal, USAF combine efforts to conduct critical runway repairs

    Airmen and Nepalese officials worked together to repair the runway at the Tribhuvan International Airport here May 9 through 10.Airmen with the 36th Contingency Response Group attached to Joint Task Force-505 and members of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal teamed up to conduct necessary repairs