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  • George Lucas film, Red Tails, premieres to Alaska Air Force Reserve audience

    A select group of Reserve Airmen and Anchorage citizens were treated to an advanced screening of the new George Lucas film, Red Tails, about the famed Tuskegee Airmen at the Tikhatnu movie theater in Anchorage Dec. 15. The screening was offered to members of the 477th Fighter group because its

  • Deputy SECDEF releases memo to employees on possible government shutdown

    The Department of Defense could be affected by a possible government shutdown if an omnibus appropriations bill is not approved before the current appropriation expires Dec. 16 at midnight, wrote Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter in a memorandum Dec. 14.In the memo, which was addressed to

  • 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

  • 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