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  • 35th APG: a shop that never sleeps

    Editor's Note: This is the final installation of a six-part series highlighting the 13th and 14th Aircraft Maintenance Units.Although the 35th Fighter Wing's Wild Weasel F-16 Fighting Falcons technically belong to the Air Force, the 13th and 14th Aircraft Maintenance Units airframe/power plant/

  • Team McChord donates $10,000 to New Zealand charities

    Providing airlift support to the National Science Foundation is the primary mission of the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings in Operation Deep Freeze. Providing support to the community of Christchurch, New Zealand is the mission at the heart of the men and women of Team McChord.For ODF 2012, the Reserve

  • McChord wings set record for airlift in Operation Deep Freeze

    Reservists with the 446th Airlift Wing, in partnership with their active-duty brethren from the 62nd Airlift Wing, complete a record-setting season for Operation Deep Freeze. ODF C-17 airlift support began Aug. 20, 2011 and ended with the return of Team McChord here March 4.As the 304th

  • History-making Op Deep Freeze 2011-2012 season concludes

    Following the redeployment of the last two C-17 Globemaster IIIs to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., and Stewart Air National Guard Base, N.Y., the personnel participating in the 2011-2012 edition of Operation Deep Freeze can lay claim to yet another successful and history-making season. ODF is the

  • Airmen run for knights

    Airmen from Osan and Kunsan air bases united March 18, 2012, to run the Seoul Marathon in honor of the Knights of Heroes Foundation.The Knights of Heroes foundation's mission is to offer summer programs for children who have lost their fathers during military service. The program provides an

  • American, Okinawan kids get kick out of Friendship Day

    Kadena Town Sports Dome was filled with children March 17 who were participating in the Japan-U.S. Friendship Day sports event called "Ichariba choodee," which means, "Once together, forever friends."Approximately 60 American students from Amelia Earhart Intermediate School on Kadena Air Base joined

  • 35th Firedogs: more than just brave Airmen

    In the minds of many, the word 'firefighter' may invoke images of a big, burly man who dashes into burning buildings, saves kittens in trees and carries an ax. However, the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron's firefighters, nicknamed firedogs, know better than anyone that there is more to the title of

  • Osan F-16 crashes, pilot safe

    An Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed near Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, during a routine training mission at approximately March 21. The aircraft, assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron here, was flying a mission as part of the 51st Fighter Wing's ongoing exercise. The pilot safely ejected from

  • Veterans tour Andersen

    Member of a military historic tour group and interested personnel view Andersen's historical assets during a tour on Andersen Air Force Base March 13. The tour was part of the 17th annual Military Histories tour that brings veterans back to the old battlefields on Guam and Iwo Jima.