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  • Airman brings home gold in national culinary arts competition

    Being an Air Force food service specialist offers Airmen the opportunity to provide one of the most critical elements of mission support-sustenance. However, for one Airman assigned to the 647th Force Support Squadron as a food service journeyman, it also provided an opportunity to make her dreams a

  • CSAF, CMSAF talk key issues with 15 WG Airmen

    More than 300 members of Team Hickam had the opportunity to hear from two of the top Air Force leaders at an Airman's Call here Aug. 19. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody met with wing Airmen to discuss current issues affecting

  • 909th AMU integral to Pacific mission success

    As the 10 wheels bearing the enormous weight of the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft are pulled into the sky from the hot flightline, the Airmen watching the jet launch all breathe a silent sigh of relief.For seemingly endless hours each day under the hot Okinawan sun, maintainers from the 909th

  • Kadena pilots turn and burn on Andersen

    More than 300 Airmen and 18 F-15C Eagles from the 67th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, for an exercise that will bolster the squadron's expeditionary skills.The Aviation Training Relocation Program increases the operational

  • Airmen accomplish airlift surge

    Twenty-eight powerful T56 turboprop engines sit on the flightline, idling as they prepare to generate over 125,000 horsepower to lift seven C-130 Hercules into the air in a coordinated take off.That was the sight as Yokota Air Base conducted a large formation training operation Aug. 19, 2013. Seven

  • Neutral forces provide training, eliminate distractions

    In the early days of aerial combat, dogfights took place between two opposing forces. In the same way, RED FLAG-Alaska participants are organized into "red" aggressor forces and "blue" coalition forces - essentially the "good guy" and "bad guy" players of the exercise.In the middle of these forces

  • Wolf Pack builds partnership in the sky

    Leadership from both the 8th Fighter Wing and Republic of Korea air force 38th Fighter Group took part in a friendship flight over Gunsan, ROK. The formation of four F-16s practiced aerial maneuvers and promoted teamwork.