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  • 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

  • Osan commissary cashes in as overseas winner again

    For the second year in a row, the Osan Air Base commissary won the Dan Daniel Award for Best Large Commissary Overseas, a feat unmatched by any other store overseas or stateside.Their efforts were distinctive among the Defense Commissary Agency's 247 stores worldwide. The award is named in honor of

  • B-52s break tradition during Max Thunder

    Two B-52 Bombers from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, flew in air-to-air combat missions during exercise Max Thunder 12-1 at Gwangji Air Base, Republic of Korea, May 17, 2012. This is the first time B-52's flew in MT 12-1. It has tradition as a fighter aircraft exercise since 2008."Bringing the B-52

  • Firefighters give an A-10 the chop

    An A-10 Thunderbolt II received the chop from 51st Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters after more than 20 years of service on the ground as a training aircraft. Airmen here saved the Air Force money by breaking down the jet in order to ship it to its final resting place at the Davis Monthan Air

  • U.S. Air Force cadets team up with Prime BEEF

    The sounds of hammers and drills echoed through the air as Air Force Academy cadets gave Osan Air Base's civil engineers an extra hand with construction May 24. Approximately 15 cadets from the Academy worked side-by-side for two weeks with the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron's Prime Base Engineer