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  • Airman saves seizing Soldier

    Airmen are trained to save lives, whether on the battlefield or an emergency. Not many are ever required to actually use that training, but when one 647th Civil Engineer Squadron operations management Airman saw a need April 15, he stepped in and saved a Soldier beside him."I was at a benefit

  • Air Force colonel assists Kabul girls' school

    Returning from Afghanistan for mid-tour leave April 14, Col. Bob Wicks was excited to share his experiences as the only Air Force O-6 to command one of six Regional Support Commands under the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan.Although the mission and the military accomplishments he's seen in the

  • Rescue Airmen engage hostile forces to retrieve 'Fallen Angels'

    Airmen from Bagram Airfield's 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron performed a daring mountainside rescue here April 23, after an Army helicopter crashed in a hostile Afghan valley.The Airmen, deployed from the 33rd Rescue Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, and the 212th Rescue Squadron at Joint Base

  • 36th AS helps Japan, U.S. map water currents

    In an effort to help track the movement of seawater along northeastern Honshu, members of the 36th Airlift Squadron, in coordination with the Government of Japan, dropped seven Davis Drifter buoys off the coast of Japan April 29.The buoys will aid scientists from the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office

  • Pacific Air Forces honors Chief Etchberger

    Pacific Air Forces Airmen gathered in the Courtyard of Heroes here April 29 to honor Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger, the most recent Medal of Honor recipient. Gen. Gary North, Pacific Air Forces commander, addressing Airmen and attendees of the 2011 PACAF Commanders, Comand Chiefs & Spouses

  • Counselor presented national drug/alcohol abuse prevention award

    For her dedication to drug and alcohol abuse prevention -- earning Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam a $950,000 federal grant last year -- Tech. Sgt. Jeannie Washington was presented the Government Employees Insurance Company Military Service Award in Washington, D.C., April 18."I felt honored and

  • Newcomers: Misawa is safe! This is how we know

    "You receive more radiation from flying across the United States or living in Colorado than you will receive staying here -- Misawa Air Base is safe," said Maj. David Kempisty, 35th Aerospace Medicine Squadron installation radiation safety officer at Misawa Air Base, Japan.Since the March 11

  • CSI Korea: Military special Investigation agents train with local agencies

    What appears to be a dead body is found laying in the grass. Several footprints are discovered leaving the scene. Further investigation shows tire tracks of a vehicle that might have been used to flee the scene. A cordon is set up, it is determined that a "crime" has taken place, and Air Force

  • A slap of paint, a turn of a screw; beautifying Misawa one project at a time

    Spring, in most cultures, symbolizes rebirth and a freshening of the surrounding environment; the same can be said around Misawa Air Base, Japan.The base has embarked on approximately 100 improvement projects that range from pavement replacements to the full renovation of the Walmsley Bowling Center