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  • 199th, 19th Fighter Squadrons team up to retake ACA mission

    F-22 Raptor pilots from the 19th and 199th Fighter Squadrons here brought home a familiar mission Dec. 6 when they retook the responsibility of guarding Hawaii's skies through the Aerospace Control Alert mission. On Aug. 6, 2010, the Montana Air National Guard's 186th Fighter Squadron from the 120th

  • Pearl Harbor: Air Force legacy on day that would 'live in infamy'

    "It was the first time I had ever seen a plunging dive bomber and it was an awesome sight. Nothing in warfare is more frightening," said Pvt. Wilfred D. Burke, 72d Pursuit Squadron, Wheeler Field, whose experience in the attacks on Pearl Harbor are recorded in "7 December 1941: The Air Force Story"

  • Hickam Field's killed in action honored

    Only 92 of the original 189 Army Air Forces Airmen killed at Hickam Field during the Dec. 7, 1941, attacks on military installations of Oahu remain on the island where war found them when they weren't looking for it. A group of ten Hickam Airmen, teenagers, spouses and a Sailor volunteered to make

  • COMPACAF visits "keystone" of the Pacific

    Gen. Herbert "Hawk" Carlisle, Pacific Air Forces commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Steve McDonald, Pacific Air Forces command chief visited with Team Andersen Airmen Dec. 2 for the first time since they entered their command roles. General Carlisle had the opportunity to thank a few Airmen

  • Inspector General of Air Force meets with Yokota Airmen

    Lt. Gen. Stephen Mueller, the Inspector General of the Air Force, visited Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 5 and 6 to continue his orientation tour of the Pacific Air Force.The Inspector General of the Air Force spent his time at Yokota meeting with Airmen and touring a variety of units on base. Mueller

  • Hickam's heroes: Airmen to return to flagpole

    As the years pass, fewer men and women who survived the horrific events of Dec. 7, 1941, return to the place where their lives changed forever. For the 71st time, Airmen, civilians, family and friends will gather around the flagpole Dec. 7 to salute and remember the ones who gave their lives on that

  • Osan celebrates opening of new enlisted club

    After being postponed seven months due to unexpected delays, Osan Air Base finally opened the doors to the new enlisted club Nov. 30 starting with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Col. Sean DeWitt, 51st Fighter Wing vice commander, began by thanking everyone in attendance and to those who put so much

  • A-10 Thunderbolt IIs prep for flight

    The first production of A-10s was designed specifically for close air support in 1975. A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are attached to the 25th Fighter Squadron at Osan Air Base. The squadron was activated under the 51st Fighter Wing at Osan Oct. 1, 1993. Today the aircraft remains the leading close air

  • Tinsel Town reigns in holiday season

    From beneath umbrellas and hooded coats, service members and their families brought in the holiday season with the annual Tinsel Town holiday festival at the Schilling Community Center Dec. 1.Despite dark skies and a constant Okinawan drizzle in the air, the event gave a merry light to the crowd