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  • U.S., Thai airmen and soldiers partner, jump for freedom

    More than 240 Thai and U.S. airmen and soldiers took part in a personnel drop over Lop Buri, Thailand to close out this year's Cope Tiger 2012 multilateral air exercise between the U.S., Thailand and Singapore which was held here March 12 through 23.Coined by combined exercise leadership as the

  • Joint medevac team transports critically-ill Marine from Japan to Hawaii

    A joint military and civilian medical team evacuated a U.S. Marine via a C-17 Globemaster II from Japan to Hawaii who required urgent cardiac and respiratory care due to severely infected lungs, here March 26. The 12-person Pacific Air Forces medical transport team, comprised of medical personnel

  • Joint medevac team transports critically-ill Marine from Japan to Hawaii

    A joint military and civilian medical team evacuated a U.S. Marine via a C-17 Globemaster II from Japan to Hawaii who required urgent cardiac and respiratory care due to severely infected lungs, here March 26. The 12-person Pacific Air Forces medical transport team, comprised of medical personnel

  • Take this job and love it: CATM instructors teach Airmen defense skills

    Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series called "Take this job and love it," which are stories based on service members with interesting careers and their experiences.For Airmen, weapons qualification at the Combat Arms Range is a normal part of being in the Air Force. But for the instructors

  • Kadena NAF Human Resources Office best in AF

    The largest and best Air Force Non-appropriated Funds Human Resources Office resides right here on Kadena.The 18th Force Support Squadron NAF HRO was recently recognized as the best in the Air Force for 2011."Our non-appropriated fund Human Resources Office is a key reason the 18th Force Support

  • Exercise KIWI FLAG kicks off in New Zealand

    Over the next two weeks two C-17 Globemaster IIIs and 70 Airmen from the U.S. Air Force are participating in the Royal New Zealand Air Force's Exercise KIWI FLAG as part of the larger 75th anniversary of the RNZAF celebrations. Exercise KIWI FLAG is a multilateral, tactical air mobility exercise

  • Service members team up, save life

    The aeromedical evacuation of a U.S. Marine, March 26, who suffered complications from pneumonia marked the first ever extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, transfer performed with an adult in the Western Pacific region.An ECMO provides cardiac and respiratory oxygen support to patients with

  • 18th Wing Public Affairs wins AF, PACAF awards

    The 18th Wing Public Affairs office was recently recognized by Air Force headquarters for superior performance.The public affairs team received the 2011 Best Integrated Communication Award from Brig. Gen. Les Kodlick, director of Air Force Public Affairs, for effectively implementing public affairs