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  • Rush Park: "Home away from home" for Key Resolve participants

    Less than a month ago, Rush Park was nothing more than a few k-span building machines, hardened restroom facilities and cement pads. Now, it is home to nearly 500 augmentees from around the services, here to take part in exercise Key Resolve, which kicked off Feb. 28. This "home away from home" is

  • Annual ice ops test emergency response for spill clean-up

    Nobody can predict an oil spill, but when one happens it can be a challenging feat to clean up, especially with more than 30 inches of ice in the way.That's why 60 members from various agencies including the Air Force 611th Civil Engineer Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, the

  • A break from therapy

    United States Sailors and Airmen took time to visit a children's hospital here March 1, as part of a community outreach event during the Avalon 2011 Australia International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition.Five Airmen from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, and

  • Fuels serves them up cold

    Just like people, aircraft do not get much done on an empty tank, and Airmen from the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants Flight at Misawa Air Base in Japan ensure the jets' bellies are full and happy. The primary duties of a fuels technician include receiving, storing

  • US, S. Korean Airmen engage in CBRN-incident response exercise

    Service members from the 8th Fighter Wing and Republic of Korea Air Force's 38th Fighter Group participated in a bilateral chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incident exercise here March 2.The exercise was developed to bilaterally prepare U.S. and ROK forces for possible threats from

  • Law of Armed Conflict: Rules to live by

    The 8th Fighter Wing legal office reinforced the importance of the law of armed conflict during a refresher course Feb. 28 to March 4 here for members of the 8th Security Forces Squadron. The course highlighted the principles of LOAC, which directs those who follow it to treat prisoners of war

  • A break from therapy

    United States Sailors and Airmen took time to visit a children's hospital here March 1, as part of a community outreach event during the Avalon 2011 Australia International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition.Five Airmen from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, and

  • Aussies are good mates

    The United States Ambassador to Australia enjoyed the early stages of bi-annual Avalon 2011 Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition here March 2.Ambassador Jeffrey L. Bleich, took time out to view the early portion of the airshow, which is located just outside of