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  • SECAF visits Andersen, talks USAF way ahead

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley shined a light on topics of national interest at an Airmen's Call here Aug. 29, part of a tour in which the secretary reconnected with the region and thanked Airmen serving in the Pacific area of responsibility.In introducing Donley, Brig. Gen. John

  • A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are ready to bring the thunder

    Airmen with the 51st Maintenance Group at Osan Air Base load munitions onto an A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the 25th Fighter Squadron August 29, 2011, during an Operational Readiness Exercise. Exercises such as this test Osan's ability to survive and operate under a war-time constraint. (U.S. Air

  • Constructing the total force, one brick at a time

    In a perfect demonstration of total force integration, U.S. Navy Seabees, active duty and reserve U.S. Air Force members, and Vietnamese military members are working together throughout August to complete multiple humanitarian assistance projects in support of Pacific Unity 2011 in Ha Tinh Province,

  • Kunsan celebrates Women's Equality Day

    Women's Equality Day, celebrated by members of the "Wolf Pack" here Aug. 26, commemorates the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote. Among many activities, the day culminated in several "powder puff" football games. View the slideshow.

  • Small Kadena unit unique in use of Japanese assets

    With a daily mission as busy as Kadena's, it's no wonder the smallest units can be tasked with the biggest jobs.The 623rd Air Control Flight, or "Lightsword," is a command and control sister unit of the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron's airborne warning and control system, performing tasks on

  • 20th EBS Airmen assume continuous bomber presence in Guam

    More than 300 Airmen assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., arrived here recently to replace the 96th EBS in support of U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence.The rotation of bomber aircraft is specifically designed to enhance regional security

  • Pacific Unity 11-4 refurbishes Vietnamese clinic

    In support of Engineering Civic Action Program (ENCAP) Pacific Unity 11-4, U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, Gulfport, Miss., and U.S. Air Force Reserve Airmen from the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, worked with Vietnamese

  • ATO 101: What every Airman should know about an Air Tasking Order

    In the Air Force, our mission is to fly, fight and win. The Air Tasking Order is how we do it -- it puts the "how to" in fly, fight and win. And for thousands of U.S. and ROK participants here for Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2011, that practice in ATO planning and execution helped sharpen those skills --

  • Operation Deep Freeze 2011-2012 support begins

    Operation Deep Freeze 2011-2012 late winter flights, known as WINFLY, began August 20 when a C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wa., began delivering passengers and cargo to the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station, Antarctica, in support of the United States Antarctic

  • Eielson: This is Aggressor Country

    Cowboys and Indians, cops and robbers, superhero and super villain -- every fight has a good guy and a bad guy. A team of pilots here fills both rolls, playing adversary and teacher to educate other aircrews how to defeat real enemies. The mission of the 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force