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  • Total force refueling keeps Keen Sword flying

    Airmen from the 185th Air Refueling Squadron, an Oklahoma Air National Guard unit from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., provide joint service refueling to Navy and Marine F/A-18 Hornets, Air Force F-15 Eagles and Navy EA-6B Prowlers during Keen Sword 2011, Dec. 8. Scheduled for December 3-10, Keen

  • JASDF, USAF service members build bilateral friendships

    Japanese and American service members located at Komatsu Japan Air Self-Defense Force base took bilateral teamwork to a new level recently as a group discussed tactics and procedures of the intricate sport of soccer.More than 30 JASDF and U.S. Air Force Airmen played in a soccer scrimmage, while

  • USAF, JASDF fighter pilots promote peace in Asia-Pacific region

    U.S. Air Force pilots, along with more than 160 service members from Misawa Air Base, Japan, are deployed to Komatsu Japan Air Self-Defense Force base to support the largest exercise in the Asia-Pacific region, Dec 3 to 11. "Japan and the United States are treaty allies and as such, we are bound to

  • Total force refueling keeps Keen Sword flying

    Airmen from the 185th Air Refueling Squadron, an Oklahoma Air National Guard unit from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., provide joint service refueling to Navy and Marine F/A-18 Hornets, Air Force F-15 Eagles and the Navy EA-6B Prowler during Keen Sword 2011, Dec. 8. Scheduled for December 3-10, Keen

  • Navy hero returns to Pearl Harbor, tells his story

    When Navy 2nd Class Signalman Delton Walling climbed the water tower in the Pearl Harbor shipyard at 6 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, he wasn't even there to start a shift -- he was going to collect money from a buddy who was on duty. His shift wasn't supposed to start till 4 p.m. What would have been an

  • Special Olympics: Winning a gold, winning at life

    When 1,500 people volunteered to help with the 2011 Special Olympics Hawaii State Championships here Dec. 4 and 5, they gave 800 disabled athletes not only the chance to earn a gold medal but also a shot at winning in life."Athletes do better in school, at home, and in the workplace, the longer and

  • Keen Sword to the 'rescue'

    Pararescuemen from the 31st Rescue Squadron, along with aircrews from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, conduct simulated search and rescue operations during exercise Keen Sword, near Kadena Air Base, Dec. 6.Significant training events during Keen Sword 2011 include search and rescue as well as integrated

  • Misawa cheerleaders reclaim title

    The Robert D. Edgren High School cheerleading team won the Far East High School Cheerleading Competition Division II title in November at the Matthew C. Perry High School, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.With the exception of last year, Edgren has been named the Far East Small Schools

  • Marines set to return home after final training

    The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force and Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit began operations for Keen Sword 2011, Dec. 6.Service members conducted practice drills, including an amphibious landing with a 20-man insert of force reconnaissance Marines and sailors. The events were