Alaska National Guard brings Operation Santa Claus to Wales

Santa, Mrs. Claus and 35 helpers brought Operation Santa Claus and holiday cheer on an Alaska National Guard C-130 to the small, remote Alaska village of Wales Dec. 9. The Alaska Air National Guard C-130 landed on the village's airstrip and was warmly greeted by community members on snowmachines.

Properly trained maintainers put jets in air

There are many flights in the 8th Maintenance Group, however, there only a few within the group where their job or role is that of ensuring full compliance with training and inspection standards established by the Air Force.Three such flights, two assigned to the 8th Maintenance Operations Squadron

Wolf Pack celebrates Christmas with local elderly home

Nearly 30 Wolf Pack members enjoyed a Christmas gathering with their neighbors and friends from the Heart of Jesus Senior Care elderly home near Damyang here Dec. 10.The senior center was host to many smiles, cake, joint decorating and singing classic Christmas carols.The group visits with these

Patriot missile lead pays Wolf Pack Soldiers a visit

The Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion of the 1st Air Defense Artillery provides Kunsan Air Base with a continued strategic deterrence with their Patriot missiles. The unit is assigned to the 35th Air Defense Artillery or "Dragon Brigade".Since 1994 and the first Korean nuclear crisis, U.S. Army Patriots

Miami Marlins visit Andersen AFB

Members National Baseball team the Miami Marlins and The Miami Mermaids visit Andersen Air Force Base, Guam Dec 9. The tour is part of the" Visit Our Troops 2011,"  they also visited with troops in Hawaii and Japan.

US and Japanese military officials discuss continued partnership

13th Air Force, 5th Air Force and Japan Air Self Defense Force senior officials met Dec. 14 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, continuing a series of senior leader discussions on future operations and engagements between the two countries, to include preparation for the Keen Edge exercise next month."The

Brig. Gen. McLeod visits Misawa

Kunsan safety works to protect birds big and small

It was U.S. Air Force Academy graduate Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, who successfully landed Flight 1549 onto New York's Hudson River after being struck by a flock of birds in 2009, saving all passengers on board.Referred to as "bird strikes," the Air Force works to reduce such wildlife

Flour, sugar, butter, love combine to surprise service members

Kadena Air Base may not see much in the way of snow, but it saw a whole lot in the way of cookies. The task was to collect 30,000 home-baked cookies. The goal -- to deliver 10 to 12 cookies to each of the 2,500 unaccompanied Marines, Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen living on Kadena Air Base, as well as

7th Air Force Commander bids farewell to Korea, USAF

After an incomparable 3-year tenure on the Korean Peninsula and an illustrious career that spans more than 34 years, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Remington and his wife, Machelle, are bidding a heart-felt farewell to Korea Jan. 6, 2012 and to the United States Air Force March 1, 2012. Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A.