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  • Take this job and love it: Four-legged Airmen bred to serve

    Editor's Note: This is the fifth in a series called "Take this job and love it," which are stories based on service members with interesting careers and their experiences.For most individuals looking at Security Forces, they envision a very professional service member in a crisply pressed uniformed

  • Misawa's defenders rock the red man

    When push comes to shove, literally, 35th Security Forces Airmen are trained to control the situation. The most common training method to ensure this level of readiness is donning the red man suit. The red man suit is a protective garment Airmen wear during baton training. The basic goal of a

  • Doolittle raid sparks nation during early days of WWII

    It was 1942 and the world was at war for the second time that century. American morale was as low as it had ever been and Japanese forces began an all-out assault on United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.It was also the year when a pilot, Lt. Col. James Doolittle, would lead a

  • Alaska Raptors reach major upgrade milestone

    Alaskan F-22s met a major milestone during a recent training sortie when new upgrades to the fighter allowed for a Joint Direct Attack Munition to be dropped on self generated coordinates. Software and hardware upgrades, part of the F-22 modernization plan known as Increment 3.1, allow for pilots to

  • Out, about with IG inspectors

    Members of the Pacific Air Force Inspectors General team continue their work here as day four of the Wolf Pack's Consolidated Unit Inspection comes to a close, April 19.PACAF IG members will be finalizing reports, recommendations and suggested improvement areas as the 8th Fighter Wing prepares for

  • 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