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  • Operation PACANGEL starts on high note

     "Let's get ready to rumble," said Philippine Army Col. Arthur Ang, 901st Brigade commander and co-chairman of the Joint Inter Agency Task Force Pacific Angel-Philippines as he concluded his opening speech this morning to PACANGEL participants here.PACANGEL is a joint combined humanitarian operation

  • Engineers give all for Albayano children

    U.S. and Philippine forces' engineers are in the midst of renovating three classrooms at Binitayan Elementary School, Binitayan, Daraga, Albay, one of three sites, selected to receive engineering support during Pacific Angel-Philippines March 5 to 10.PACANGEL is a joint and combined humanitarian

  • U.S. Air Force, Army certify as Assistant Resiliency Trainers

    Twenty Airmen and Soldiers attended a week-long joint assistant resiliency trainer course Feb 21-27. The resiliency course, developed by the Army along with the University of Pennsylvania, teaches military members how to deal with many issues that they might face in a calm, methodical way; one step

  • Take this job and love it: Dental technicians keep Osan smiling

    Editor's Note: This is the third in a series called "Take this job and love it," which are stories based on service members with interesting careers and their experiences. With mission readiness of Airmen being a top priority, members of the 51st Dental Lab have the perfect mold to ensure service

  • Jets require 'health' assessment to stay fit to fight

    Airmen are required to be fit to fight, and same goes for aircraft. Osan's F-16 Fighting Falcons and A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are constantly flying. Just like Air Force members are required to get an annual health assessment, aircraft go through a similar process through the phase dock. "Our aircraft go

  • Air Force expands drug testing program to include prescription drugs

    The Air Force and other military services will expand their drug testing to include testing for commonly abused prescription drugs beginning May 1, 2012.On Jan. 31, 2012, the Secretary of Defense gave a 90-day advance notice of the drug testing expansion which aims to counter the nation's growing

  • Dinner with the President and First Lady

    U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jessica Coombs and husband Master Sgt. Jeremy Coombs had a one in a lifetime chance to sit at the President's table and have dinner with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama during an event dubbed "A Nation's Gratitude": Honoring Those Who Served in

  • The bigger picture: US, ROK forces show off air power

    Not even the sun had a chance to rise before Airmen here began their work during a combined combat generation exercise, March 2, 2012, between United States and Republic of Korea Air Forces."The purpose of the exercise today is to test the ability of our team to execute our combat mission at a