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  • Okinawan intern 'pumps up' English skills at Kadena

    Amongst the regular crowd of basketball and racquetball players, weight lifters and runners who utilize the Risner Fitness Center on Kadena Air Base, is an intern from an irregular source.For the second year, a local Okinawan student, Ryo Oshiro, is working closely with both the Airmen and locally

  • Kadena medical staff tackle decontamination training

    With a frenzied ruffling of plastic suits against hooded masks and respirators, rubber gloves and boots, the group rushed to erect the decontamination tent, knowing they would only have moments to save the soon-to-arrive patients' lives. In little more than nine minutes, the stage was set and triage

  • Controllers step it up a notch during Northern Edge

    Every two years, the U.S. Pacific Command exercise Northern Edge brings nearly 150 aircraft together to hone pilots' aerial combat skills over the skies and waters of Alaska. The largest exercise in the state also brings additional challenges to the base's air traffic controllers.The controllers

  • Kadena chapel wins AF-level award

    After being named the best chapel organization in the Pacific Air Forces region, Kadena Air Base's chapel also won the U.S. Air Force's Charles I. Carpenter Award for 2010.The most recent award distinguishes Kadena as having the most outstanding chapel staff of a large wing, as well as recognizes

  • Hickam security forces gear up for AMC Rodeo

    Four members of the 647th Security Forces Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, are honing their skills for the upcoming 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo, a biennial, international airlift competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.Tech. Sgt. Michael Skonetski, Tech. Sgt. Pablo

  • US, Japanese together mourn World War II lost lives at Sengen Hill

    On June 11, members from Yokota Air Base participated in a memorial ceremony in Shizuoka City, Japan. U.S. Airmen have been invited to take part in the event each year since 1972, bringing the U.S. and Japanese communities together to mourn a shared loss.The tragedy occurred June 20, 1945, when two

  • USO brings Sesame Street to Andersen

    Elmo, Rosita, Cookie Monster and Grover, all characters from the Sesame Street television show, paid a visit to Andersen Air Force Base and Naval Base Guam to perform for military members and their families June 9 and 10.The United Service Organizations teamed with Sesame Workshop, the non-profit

  • First PACAF library for special-needs children opens at Yokota

    Members of the Educational and Developmental Intervention Services opened a new type of lending library at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 10.The lending library is a special library that is equipped with items such as developmentally appropriate toys, children's books, educational resources and