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  • Yokota's 374th CONS earns two AF awards for 2011

    Congratulations are due for the 374th Contracting Squadron at Yokota for earning two 2011 Air Force Contracting fiscal year awards. The 374th CONS won the Outstanding Contracting Unit Award, large unit, and received the special recognition award for their Operation Tomodachi team. "Earning this

  • Yokota youth participate in basketball camp

    More than 100 youth from military bases in the western Pacific region participated in the Mainland Basketball Camp held April 9-13 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The camp, taught by college coaches from the U.S., focused on teaching the basic fundamentals of basketball as well as life skills. "This camp

  • Doolittle Raider visits museum for 70th anniversary event

    Maj. Thomas C. Griffin (right), one of five surviving members of the famous Doolittle Raiders, chats with crew members of the Miss Hap B-25 bomber at the National Museum of the United States Air Force April 17, 2012. Griffin and other Raiders are at the museum this week for the 70th anniversary of

  • Agents against particulate matter strike back

    In the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management facility laboratory, Airmen test up to three gallons of jet fuel a day for particulate matter contamination that could hinder the flying mission."Dirty fuel causes planes to crash," said Staff Sgt. Camilo Romero, 35th Fuels Management fuels

  • Culinary arts students celebrates Month of the Military Child

    Four Edgren High School culinary arts students prepared breakfast for approximately 10 Air Force first sergeants and a Navy senior enlisted advisor during the Family Advocacy quarterly appreciation breakfast at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 18, 2012.The 35th Medical Group Family Advocacy Program and

  • Team Kadena goes "green" for EarthFest

    More than 115 people attended the second annual EarthFest on Kadena Air Base, April 14. Several on and off-base agencies were on-hand to ensure participants were educated, informed and entertained at the event.During an Ultimate Game Show, youth had to eat celery with wasabi, sea grapes and goya in

  • 36 MUNS preps for CAPEX

    The Combat Ammunition Production Exercise is scheduled to be underway April 23 through 26 here to test the 36th Munitions Squadron Airmen's capability to build munitions and support combat sorties. Anticipating the exercise's approach, the squadron has conducted mini exercises to prepare the Airmen

  • PACAF IG evaluates Team Osan

    Both evaluators and responders from Team Osan participated in an Emergency Management Inspection here April 16, 2012. The EMI tested how well Osan's responders react and how the evaluators tested that ability. Evaluators were tested on major areas by the Pacific Air Forces Inspector General Team,

  • U.S., Maylasia air forces conclude exercise Cope Taufan 2012

    After completing more than 140 sorties and several hundred flying hours, the U.S. Air Force and Royal Malaysian Air Force concluded exercise Cope Taufan 2012 at the Royal Malaysian Air Force base here, April 13. The Pacific Air Forces-sponsored live-flying exercise, that included USAF F-15 Eagles

  • Wolf Pack Firefighters knock-out another CUI scenario

    Firefighters from the 8th Civil Engineer squadron were evaluated by the Pacific Air Forces Inspector General team here in a structural fire exercise April 17.The scenario is one of several the fire department will take part in as the entire Wolf Pack continues to press on during its Consolidated