Driving fatigued can have tragic consequences

Airmen are reminded that long hours and lack of sleep can have devastating consequences. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration conservatively estimates that 100,000 police-reported crashes each year are the direct result of driver fatigue. These crashes resulted in an estimated

Navy League honors Pacific Air Forces spouse

The spouse of a firefighter at Pacific Air Forces was honored by the Navy League during a ceremony at City Hall, Honolulu, Hawaii Oct. 15 and then recognized for being an outstanding key spouse before fans at the University of Hawaii football game at the nearby Aloha Stadium .Melissa McGuire, spouse

Joint base Airmen 'deploy' during readiness exercise

Members of the Air Force tested their ability to respond to contingency operations in the Pacific during Beverly Kahuna 2010-F, an Initial Response Readiness Exercise Oct. 20-21. For the first time since Pearl Harbor and Hickam joined their borders to become a joint base, the efforts of 15th Wing,

U.S., Australian military participate in Exercise Hamel in the 'Land Down Under'

U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses supporting U.S. Pacific Command's Continuous Bomber Presence in the Asia-Pacific region flew from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to the "Land Down Under' to demonstrate the capability and flexibility of the Stratofortress to Australian military partners, as part

Yokota Airmen participate in ruck march

Maintainers keep Max Thunder rolling

This week, maintenance Airmen from Osan and Kunsan Air Bases have been working around the clock to keep their F-16 Fighting Falcons finely tuned and flying on schedule here during Max Thunder 10-02.Max Thunder, a bilateral training exercise designed to demonstrate interoperability between U.S. and

18th CES brings power to the people

Picture this -- you're at home enjoying the comfortable air -conditioned temperature, getting ready to watch your favorite AFN program, when all of a sudden everything shuts down. Your lights go out, along with your beloved wide-screen TV, as the heat and humidity quickly set in. Unfortunately, for

Unrivaled: JBER Airman, Soldier earn softball gold

Tech. Sgt. Cody Hynes, 962nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, and Army Sgt. Margaret Gaines, Medical Department Activity-Alaska, both earned gold medals during the 2010 Armed Forces Softball Championships last month at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.Sergeant Hynes earned his medal with the Air Force

Driving fuel efficiency up, home costs down

Eavesdrop on a conversation these days and you are likely to overhear people talking about fuel and electricity. How much it costs, how much is used, how much is wasted. Since it is Energy Awareness Month, now is a good time to talk about how to save. With gas prices at $3.74 and threatening to

18th Aggressor Squadron makes first deployment to ROK

Kwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea, is hosting the fourth annual Max Thunder exercise, a bi-lateral training exercise with ROK military forces. The exercise will occur in western airspace over the Korean Peninsula between ROK and U.S. allied air forces.Republic of Korea Air Force aircrew members