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  • Osan teens donate money to UNICEF

    The teens at Osan Air Base are giving back to the world in a big way.The Key Club from the Osan Teen Center raised $2,700 for the United Nations Children's Fund to eliminate tetanus in babies, which claims the lives of more than 22,000 children before they reach their fifth birthday. "The Key Club

  • Turumi Lodge best in PACAF

    For the fourth year in a row, Osan Air Base's Turumi Lodge won the Innkeeper Award for best lodging facility in Pacific Air Forces.This year's theme for the Innkeeper Award nomination is "High Five," said Cindy Varnes-Woolley, Turumi Lodge general manager."I believe we are the best," she said. "And

  • 5 AF Airmen killed in 1943 plane crash honored in Australia

    Maj. Gen. Jay Raymond, Fifth Air Force Vice Commander, attended a memorial ceremony June 3 in Northeastern Australia honoring 40 Airmen who died in a plane crash there 69 years ago during World War II.The men who died were members of Fifth Air Force en route to New Guinea from Mackay in a B-17C

  • Cadets get a taste of operational Air Force

    United States Air Force Academy cadets have recently gained a two-week taste of active-duty Air Force as part of the Field Engineering and Readiness Laboratory program.The FERL program allows cadets majoring in the engineering field to spend time at a chosen base where they experience the job and

  • Citizen Airmen deploy to Afghanistan

    More than 180 citizen-Airmen of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing have begun deploying for Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.The deployment marks the wing's single largest deployment of personnel since 2003. It will be the wing's second large-scale deployment from JBER

  • ADC HQ opens at Yokota AB

    Yokota celebrated the grand opening of the Air Defense Command Headquarters building here May 30, after more than two months of operability. The ADC, originally located at Fuchu Air Base, Japan, was moved to enhance the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance as part of the 2002 Defense Policy Review

  • Veterans honored at Memorial Day services

    Memorial Day services were held at Guam Veteran Cemetery May 28 to honor and pay respect to those who have fallen in the name of freedom.The national holiday honors the fallen and pays tribute to parents, spouses, children and siblings who have laid a loved one to rest.President John F. Kennedy

  • ROK/US SFS: A language of security and strength

    Almost daily, people are presented with cultural, physical and lingual barriers they subconsciously step-over without much thought. Need to order two coffees instead of one? No problem, hold up two fingers.Accidentally bump into someone? A smile and a nod should convey your apologies.But what