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  • Yokota Airmen learn valuable lessons in Tinian

    A team of Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, traveled to Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jan. 28 through 31, to prepare the Baker landing zone for COPE NORTH 2015, a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise.The intent of the trip was to clear and validate the landing zone, utilizing personnel

  • FEATURE - Guardian angel recounts battle which earned him Silver Star

    The air erupted with the percussive sound of machine-gun fire. Master Sgt. Roger Sparks, a pararescueman with the Alaska Air National Guard's 212th Rescue Squadron, jumped out of an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter and began the 40-foot hoist down to the bleeding men clinging to a tree for cover.It was

  • FEATURE - 'In Raptor we trust, all others we intercept'

    The phrase "Top Cover for America" was born of black-and-white newsreel footage of leather-jacketed men clambering into fighter jets to stop the Soviet menace. That vision, of pilots in goggles and ear muffs, sprinting across runways and up ladders, is dated.What the modern imagination should

  • Team Andersen strengthens ROK bonds with capstone visit

    More than 100 Republic of Korea senior military leaders received a first-hand look at Andersen Air Force Base and other military installations on Guam during a Korean National Defense University capstone event.The visit, supported by U.S. Pacific Command, is designed to educate newly selected

  • USAF, ROKAF strengthen bonds at Buddy Wing 15-2

    Airmen from the 8th Fighter Wing sharpened combat skills and gained insight from their Republic of Korea Air Force counterparts during Exercise Buddy Wing 15-2 at Daegu AB, ROK, Feb. 3 to 6.During this iteration of Buddy Wing, Wolf Pack Airmen deployed to Daegu to train alongside Airmen from the

  • USAF, JGSDF helicopter crews create cohesiveness for future missions

    Service members from the 459th Airlift Squadron invited Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members from Camp Higashi-Tachikawa to ride along in two UH-1 Huey helicopters Jan. 29 near Tokyo, Japan.The ride along gave JGSDF members a better understanding of the Air Force's aerial formations, maneuvers

  • PACAF logistics officers collaborate to enhance skills

    The 735th Air Mobility Squadron hosted a tour of their squadron for the Kanaloa Chapter of the Logistics Officer Association here Jan. 29.The behind-the-scenes tour brought together logistics and maintenance officers from the 15th Wing, Pacific Air Forces and the 154th Wing for an inside look at the

  • Wolf Pack Airmen provide 100% safety, accuracy at Buddy Wing 15-2

    Hours before aerial formations can be seen flying over Daegu Air Base, Republic of Korea, 8th Fighter Wing crew chiefs taxi to the runway to prepare for pre-flight inspections. Sortie after sortie, they marshal the pilots and conduct pre- and post-flight inspections with 100 percent accuracy, every

  • FEATURE - Mock trials teach SAPR through demonstration

    "At midnight you decided to go to another bar is that correct?" asked Capt. Erin Kenny, 8th Fighter Wing Area Defense Counsel attorney.Tech. Sgt. Katherine Simpkins, 8th FW command section superintendent, nods as she clasps her hands, looking down. Question after question, she attempts to recall the