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  • Alaska Reserve unit rebuilds tornado-ravaged school

    An Alaska Reserve unit has just returned from Tennessee where the task at hand was rebuilding a school that was destroyed by a tornado in 2011. Members of the 477th Civil Engineer Squadron installed lighting units, rewired the facility to meet code, hung sheet rock, and painted the interior of the

  • Pacific Trends returns to Shiogama City

    March 11, 2011 an earthquake hit Japan that resulted in a tsunami that hit the north-east cost of Japan with recent reports totaling 15867 deaths, 6109 injuries, and 2909 people missing.In Shiogama City, one of the most affected areas, Mr. Tario Kanno, Shiogama UNESCO Association president requested

  • Hawaiian Airman brings in your face refueling to OEF

    Looking out the window of his boom pod at 30,000 feet in the middle of nowhere, with himself and the open air, is what Master Sgt. Eric Faurott calls peaceful. Faurott is deployed from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and is currently a 22nd Expeditionary Air

  • Refueling crew brings spirit of Aloha, fuel to fight

    Being from Hawaii, the three-man refueling crew likes to bring the spirit of Aloha with them on each deployment. On their previous deployment to Turkey, the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron members from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, brought crates of fresh pineapple to give out.On this

  • Warriors get 'boot camp' style wake-up call

    The quiet Hawaiian morning was interrupted by the sound of screaming and the constant boom of someone banging on doors for a very surprised group of Warriors.Former Air Force and Navy basic military training instructors gave a very special wake-up call to the University of Hawaii football team

  • Weathering the storm

    All eyes are on one agency when bad weather strikes at Yokota. They are the ones who must alert personnel and residents of sudden and possibly dangerous conditions. The 374th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight provides both accurate and timely weather support for the 374th Airlift Wing and

  • Operation Deep Freeze winter flying season begins

    The U.S. military is scheduled to begin its winter flying period Aug. 20 as part of its support of the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation.The period, known as WinFly, is scheduled to last until Aug. 28 and will deliver advance teams and cargo for the upcoming main season of