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  • Team Kadena celebrates life of fallen Airman

    A memorial service in honor of Tech. Sgt. Mark Smith, 33rd Rescue Squadron, was held at Chapel One Aug. 13. Smith, a native of Bakersfield, Calif., was a flight engineer for an HH-60G Pave Hawk aircraft while he was stationed on Kadena. He deployed to Afghanistan twice and contributed to several

  • First 2013 RED FLAG-Alaska takes off

    U.S. and coalition forces took flight Aug. 12, kicking off RED FLAG-Alaska 13-3. RF-A 13-3, which runs through Aug. 23, is a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, Joint National Training Capability accredited exercise, enables participating units to sharpen their combat skills by flying simulated combat

  • Festival of the Stars

    Master Sgt. Galli Delfin, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, reflects on Team Yokota's participation in the 63rd annual Fussa Tanabata Festival at Fussa city, Japan, Aug. 9, 2013. More than 80 members of Team Yokota participated in the annual festival, as members of the installation have done since the

  • PACOM civil engineers give back to Sri Lankan community

    Seventeen U.S. Pacific Command civil engineers have been given the opportunity to utilize the skills they have honed throughout their time in service to give back to a community in need.The engineers include troops from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps who are supporting Operation

  • ACMI pods produce knowledge, keeps warfighters sharp

    Keeping track of 60 aircraft from U.S. and allied partners during an intense two-week exercise could seem to be an impossible task especially utilizing a training space the size of Florida.To track actions ensuring pilots can learn from their flying experience and sharpen their war-fighting skills,

  • Team Kadena mourns loss of downed helicopter crew member

    Officials confirmed today the death of a technical sergeant assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron here following Monday's crash of a helicopter in the Central Training Area, Okinawa. Tech. Sgt. Mark A. Smith, 33rd RQS flight engineer, died when the HH 60G Pave Hawk helicopter in which he was flying

  • Alaska Command welcomes new boss: Lt. Gen. Handy

    Air Force Lt. Gen. Russell J. Handy became the commander of Alaskan Command in a change-of-command ceremony here, Aug. 9. In addition to taking the reins of ALCOM, Handy is also the new commander of 11th Air Force and Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region. Handy replaces Air Force