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  • 15th Wing C-17s get their close up on Indian television

    The word "bakaya" might soon be used by new fans of 15th Wing C-17s once they make their debut on an episode of New Delhi Television's show "Bigger, Higher, Faster."This word meaning "outstanding" in English was also used with gratitude to describe the Indian news crew's experience with the 15th WG

  • Deployed father coaches wife, delivers baby from Afghanistan

    Deployed fathers can take an active role in the birth of their child, even if they are stationed in a combat zone by using computer video teleconferencing technology like Skype. Capt. Joseph Palermo, who recently coached his wife Katherine through the birthing process, both welcomed their daughter,

  • Tony Horton visits Kadena for 'Ripped and Ready Tour'

    As part of Armed Forces Entertainment's "Ripped and Ready Tour," Tony Horton, creator of the fitness program, P90X, put on an extreme fitness clinic at Kadena's Risner Fitness Center, Jan. 29, to promote physical fitness for service members and their families.The 90-minute workout session led more

  • New ID system improves security

    The Defense Biometric Identification System, or DBIDS, is a Department of Defense identity verification and force protection tool which uses barcodes and biometrics (a person's height and weight, eye color and fingerprints) along with a color photograph to identify cardholders.It is directly

  • Kadena becomes largest Air Force base to use Asset Marking and Tracking

    Pacific Air Forces has begun using the ground-breaking asset marking and tracking system, also known as the item unique identification system, starting with Kadena and Yokota Air Base in mainland Japan.Once fully integrated and operational, the system is designed to not only give Air Force officials

  • Yokota Airmen pave the way for IUID

    Airmen stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan, are the first in the Pacific Air Forces to begin using the new, asset marking and tracking system being implemented at U.S. Air Force installations around the world.Item Unique Identification is an asset identification method leveraged by the Department of

  • Misawa kicks off first ORE of the year

    Reports of missile attacks, in-bound aircraft, and special operations forces penetration flood the Emergency Operations Center at Misawa Air Base, Japan, as the 35th Fighter Wing participates in its first Operational Readiness Exercise of the year. The base-wide exercise, scheduled Jan 23 to 27, is

  • Wolf Pack begins first exercise of 2011

    Wolf Pack members reported for duty at approximately 4:30 p.m. Jan. 23, facing 32-degree temperatures, 15-knot winds and snow flurries to start Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Bulldog 11-01.The week-long peninsula wide exercise is the first for 2011 that will test 8th Fighter Wing Airmen and

  • Missing sailboat bound for Philippines found

    The five missing boaters who left Guam on Jan. 6., bound for Cebu, Philippines have been located Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Chamorro standard time.The husband of one of the missing boaters was contacted by his wife via cell phone Sunday 1:30 p.m. He immediately called Rescue Coordination Center Guam and