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  • Kunsan Fire Department among best in Air Force

    The Kunsan Fire Department recently won an Air Force-level award for consistently going above and beyond in their duties as they keep the Wolf Pack safe.Earning the service's Small Fire Department of the Year for 2011 was welcome recognition for the station's 38 firefighters."It takes a daily effort

  • Australian airmen glimpse future at Red Flag-Alaska

    Men and women in flight suits of green passed through the halls in a hive of activity. The building was buzzing with the language and accents of different nationalities, all in preparation for the day's oncoming events. As personnel filtered through the doors of the building and onto the flight

  • Polish Air Force participates in first Red Flag

    Imagine boarding a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft and making the flight across the Atlantic Ocean to a place where they speak a language that isn't your native language. This isn't your normal U.S. Air Force deployment, but actually a Polish Air Force deployment to Alaska to participate in Red

  • Heroes emerge in crash

    A Misawa Air Base bus was hit from behind by a Japanese national south of Sendai when returning from Tokyo, June 7, 2012.Lucky for the driver who hit the bus; his heroes were soon to emerge from three vehicles, including the bus he impacted.A group of eight servicemembers, all from the 35th

  • Partnering for potential CBRN attacks

    With the ever-present threat of North Korea so close, Pacific Air Forces and South Korean Airmen constantly train to respond to any potential attacks.A combined workshop June 7 and 8 gave the allies a chance to strengthen their partnership through demonstrations of the equipment each side uses

  • Military leaders discuss operations during air boss conference

    Military leaders from the U.S. and the Republic of Korea gathered June 13-14 to discuss airpower strategies in the Pacific region.The bilateral Air Boss Conference is an annual conference that combined 120 leaders from the U.S. Air Force, Marines, Army and ROK to make up the air component team

  • AMCC: Controlling the situation

    Computer screens line the walls of the dimly lit room, each displaying complicated data of various aircraft operations. Inside the room are three different sections, each self-contained, but in coordination with one another. Partitions separate desks, but it seems nothing can separate the flow of

  • Great actions on deployment earn captain Bronze Star

    When the time comes for servicemembers to deploy it should be more than just going on another deployment and doing the same routine.Capt. Reid Touchberry, 35th Civil Engineer Squadron chief of plans and programming, did exactly that and received the Bronze Star at Misawa Air Base, June 13, 2012 for

  • PACANGEL: U.S., Vietnam militaries partner for humanitarian operation

    Approximately 58 U.S. military members, along with the Vietnam People's Armed Forces, and two non-governmental organizations, Project H.O.P.E. and East Meets West, kicked-off Pacific Angel-Vietnam 12 in Nghe An Province, Vietnam, June 11.Pacific Angel is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance

  • Kunsan Falcons arrive, take on Kadena's Eagles

    A dozen F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft and 150 Airmen from the 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, arrived here last weekend to conduct two weeks of dissimilar aircraft training. While the training is not in response to any specific situation in this region, the deployment of