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  • 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

  • Joint U.S. forces support Nepal earthquake relief efforts in Thailand

    In support of Operation Sahayogi Haat, U.S. Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines are ensuring humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies and personnel are moving smoothly in and out of Nepal at an intermediate staging base at Utapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand.At the ISB, Joint

  • By the numbers: Operation Sahayogi Haat Airport Operations

    The 36th Contingency Response Group, under Joint Task Force-505, has been supporting Operation Sahayogi Haat at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal since May 5.On May 9, Airmen assigned to the 36th CRG, in cooperation with DHL contractors and the Nepalese Army, offloaded 530,110

  • Airman returns home to Nepal earthquake

    When Senior Airman Manoj Khatiwada was asked to join a team of Pacific Air Force Airmen traveling to Nepal to assist the government with relief operations following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, he was filled with mixed emotions."Returning to Nepal for this mission was an emotional moment for me. I