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  • Smart meters enlighten engineers of base energy usage

    The 718th and 18th Civil Engineer Squadrons at Kadena Air Base, Japan, are in the process of installing and wirelessly connecting 217 electric meters on 150 high-energy consumption buildings as part of the base's cost savings initiative."The meters in and of themselves do not save money, but they

  • U.S., Korean air forces rumble forward in Max Thunder 11-1

    The Republic of Korea Air Force and U.S. Air Force hosted a massive, regular joint exercise here May 21 to 27 to sharpen their ability to work together in a simulated war-time environment. "Max Thunder is the only exercise we have on the peninsula that allows for both [Korean] and U.S. airmen to not

  • Critical Days of Summer: Time to think safe

    The Air Force Critical Days of Summer safety campaign officially kicked off May 28, Memorial Day weekend, and ends after Labor Day weekend, September 6. According to the Air Force Safety Center, in fiscal year 2010, 16 Airmen were killed during this time period. Thirteen of these fatalities were due

  • Civilian fuels chief recognized with USAF award

    You think your tank is tough to maintain? Try keeping up with a vehicle which stores and distributes more than 12.5 million gallons of fuel per year.That's what Bill Wackerman, chosen as the 2010 John F. Lavin Fuels Civilian Leader of the Year, does every day. Here on Joint Base

  • Yokota students showcase soroban skills

    May 25 was just a regular day for many people in Japan, but for 120 elementary and middle-school students in Department of Defense schools from Yokota and the surrounding Kanto Plains area, it was more -- it was the day of the soroban competition.The soroban is an abacus, or counting tray, developed

  • Collaboration eliminates explosive risk, preserves endangered tree

    The discovery of two World War II era bombs at Northwest Fieldat Andersen Air Force Base launched the formation of a cohesive team whose work culminated in the successful detonation of the ordnance May 17.Members of the 36th Wing, U.S. Coast Guard, Guam Police Department and U.S. Fish and Wildlife

  • New firing range 'shoots down' time, costs

    Kadena Air Base's newly-refurbished Combat Arms firing range is now loaded and ready for the approximately 100 soon-to-deploy Airmen that usually pass through the range each week.After the completion of a series of lengthy renovations to Kadena AB's old range, Airmen  will no longer have to transfer

  • Nondestructive Inspection Flight save lives

    Inspections are the Air Force's primary tool to ensure that its equipment and personnel are ready at a moment's notice.What distinguishes the members of the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron's Nondestructive Inspection Flight at Kadena Air Base is their seemingly innate ability to locate cracks in

  • Children join in Osan's emergency management exercise

    Emergency responders at Osan  Air Base, Korea, practiced a newly drafted humanitarian evacuation plan during an Emergency Management Exercise May 23. The scenario was fairly familiar:  Japan supposedly experienced a devastating earthquake that made it necessary for Americans stationed there to