Special Olympics brings U.S. military, Okinawan communities together for a cause

Thousands of spectators, regional leaders from Japan and the United States, and even a soccer star from Brazil came out to show support for the more than 830 athletes participating in the 11th Annual Kadena Special Olympics Games Saturday. More than 2,500 American volunteers helped put together the

Big Brothers Big Sisters visit 3rd Operations Group

As he dangled from parachute risers, 12-year old Keegan Hall looked down at a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier sailing in the Pacific. Deftly controlling his parachute's toggles, Hall successfully maneuvered into a stand-up landing on the ship's pitching deck.Hall had donned a parachute harness and

Misawa AB Airmen simulate deployment process during ORE

Yokota hosts Air Force Incident Management Course

Airmen and civilians who play roles in emergency response from throughout the Pacific came together for the Air Force Incident Management course that was hosted here Nov. 3-5.Every year, 12 courses are conducted at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., and approximately 20 courses are conducted overseas to

Squadron tests newest F-22s and live-firing of missiles

The 90th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Wing, deployed F-22s and personnel to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 30, to participate in exercise Combat Archer, the air-to-air evaluation portion of the United States Air Force's Weapons Systems Evaluation Program.The 90th FS is training and being evaluated with

3rd Wing: Excellence

The 3rd Wing continued its streak of excellence, completing the October UCI with an overall excellent rating.The wing upheld its standards of excellence set when it received an overall excellent rating during the 2009 Operational Readiness Inspection June 1-7.Units from the wing can take great pride

Outstanding Airmen win chance to explore 'the wild blue yonder'

Misawa Airmen participate in operational readiness exercise

11-year-old becomes a pilot

When an 11-year-old becomes a pilot, it's a headline maker. When an 11-year-old survives potentially terminal brain cancer, it's a headline maker. And the heroes who made both of those things possible for 11-year-old Ryder Lum were the doctors and staff of Kapiolani Women's and Children's Hospital

'Armor Balls' dropped, make pilots safer

Area pilots can now fly safer thanks to a project six years in the making.The Bird Hazard Working Group initiated the bird hazard abatement as part of the Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard, also known as the BASH program, when members of 647th Services Squadron, 647th Contracting Squadron, 15th