June 3, 2011 Pharmacy: Giving you what you need The 8th Medical Group at Kunsan Air Base, Korea, manages the medical clinic that offers flight medicine, general medicine, dentistry, bioenvironmental services and military public health. The pharmacy fills approximately 1,100 prescriptions a month.
June 3, 2011 U.S ambassador rides with the pack at Kunsan U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Kathleen Stephens visited Kunsan Air Base June 1 - 2 on her cycling tour of the Korean peninsula ."I've been wanting to come back to Kunsan ever since I came here more than a year ago," she said. "But on this occasion I came here on my bicycle."The tour began
June 3, 2011 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
June 2, 2011 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
May 31, 2011 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
May 26, 2011 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
May 25, 2011 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
May 25, 2011 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
May 25, 2011 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