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  • Joint Operation Completes Massive Cargo Transfer in Antarctica

    Battling challenging weather conditions, 92 soldiers and sailors provided specialized support to the on-site workforce to achieve the single annual resupply of the U.S. Antarctic Program. Incoming and retrograde cargo totaling 15.5 million pounds was handled by members of the Joint Task Force -

  • Andersen hosts SFARP

    Four squadrons of F-18s from the Naval Air Facility at Atsugi Japan, along with approximately 550 military aircrew personnel, are at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB) until April 10 for the Strike Fighter Advanced Readiness Program (SFARP). The fighter squadrons deploy to the island biannually for

  • Taking the fight North: Airmen continue to press-on during base exercise

    Airmen here continue operations as the base proceeds in its operational readiness exercise, Beverly Midnight 12-01, March 20, 2012. Inspectors test all elements of wartime contingencies and how efficiently service members are able to activate and respond to enemy forces. While the base's normal

  • Wolf Pack, Green Knights take the fight to flight

    Wolf Pack Airmen are accustomed to the roar of an F-16 Fighting Falcon, but they recently heard a different sound coming from the flight line. U.S. Marine Corps pilots from the Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121, known as the Green Knights, flew their F/A-18D Hornets to Kunsan Air Base

  • Airmen continue operations during Beverly Midnight 12-01

    Airmen on Kunsan Air Base prepared for wartime operations during an operational readiness exercise, Beverly Midnight 12-01, which kicked off the week of March 18, just weeks before the Combined Unit Inspection by the Pacific Air Forces Inspector General team in April. Base exercises help ensure the

  • 18th OG Airmen win PACAF awards

    Members of the 18th Operations Group were recently recognized by the Pacific Air Force commander for winning three annual awards for 2011.Members of the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron's Deployed Crew One received the Airborne Air Battle Management Crew of the Year. Among their accomplishments

  • 18th LRS earns PACAF awards

    The 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron recently received two Pacific Air Force annual awards for 2011.The 18th LRS Fuels Management Flight received the Raymond H. Gross Award as the most outstanding fuels management flight in PACAF in the fields of direct mission support, innovative management, and

  • Fire breathing launch: Osan's jets are ready

    As the sun begins to rise March 20, 2012, F-16 Fighting Falcons and an A-10 Thunderbolt launch from Osan Air Base as part of the operational readiness exercise Beverly Midnight 12-01. Osan's Airmen provide combat ready forces for close air support, air strike control, counter air, interdiction,