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  • Team Andersen tastes paradise at Travel Fair

    Team Andersen caught a glimpse of paradise during the 8th Annual Travel Fair at the Sunrise Conference Center, Oct. 13.More than 500 people who were in attendance, not counting children, had the opportunity to receive prizes and check out great offers on travel destinations and hotels.Many prizes

  • EOD Airman returns to Hawaii with Purple Heart

    A U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, returned home Oct. 16 following a month of treatment for injuries he suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated in Afghanistan Sept. 14.Staff Sgt. DJ Dutton, from the 647th Civil

  • Korean students, children tour Kunsan

    The 8th Fighter Wing took 16 students of Sinsido, Biyondo and Yamido Elementary Schools from islands near Gunsan City, on a tour of the wing, here Oct. 14.Tour highlights included a visit to the flightline to see an F-16 Fighting Falcon, a Military Working Dog demonstration, and visits to the Wolf

  • Patient movement from McMurdo Station, Antarctica--UPDATED

    Airmen and a C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord participated in a routine mission, which included patient movement, from McMurdo Station, Antarctica to Christchurch, New Zealand today. Active-duty and Reserve Airmen from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings are currently deployed to

  • 18th Communications Squadron essential for Pacific network

    Each organization on Kadena Air Base comes together to form a body with global reach.While leaders form the "brain" of the 18th Wing, directing Airmen and units to meet the needs of the Air Force, Airmen from the 18th Communications Squadron form the "nervous system," with an intricately-networked

  • Reserve pilots, maintainers resume F-22 flight operations

    Reservists with the 477th Fighter Group here resumed F-22 flying operations during the unit's monthly unit training assembly or drill weekend following a four month stand-down. The first six jets took off at 9 a.m. Oct. 15. "Most of our pilots integrated into the flying schedule when our active duty

  • Corps of Engineers completes F-22 facility

    An F-22 engine roar overhead was a reminder of the 372nd Training Squadron, Detachment 14, mission as the unit officially opened its new facility on the west side of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 26.The $6.2 million project, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District and

  • Wolf Pack deploys to Alaska, trains in Red Flag

    Kunsan Airmen face the unique challenge of maintaining a war fighter's mindset each and every day knowing that at any moment they may be called on to "Take the Fight North".Proficiency plays a critical role in the combat capability of the 8th Fighter Wing and exercises like Red Flag-Alaska and