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  • COMPACAF, civic leaders visit Kunsan for Thanksgiving

    Pacific Air Forces Commander Gen. Gary North, PACAF Command Chief Chief Master Sgt. Brooke P. McLean, and four PACAF civic leaders toured Kunsan Air Base Nov. 22 -23, and spent Thanksgiving with Wolf Pack members Nov. 25.The purpose of the trip was to educate PACAF civic leaders about the Wolf

  • JPAC volunteer notice

    Volunteers are needed for Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command missions. The mission of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans missing as a result of the nation's past conflicts. The highest priority of the organization is the return of

  • PACAF specialized medical team conducts first-ever peacetime missions

    Pacific Air Forces deployed the first-ever peace time Critical Care Air Transport Team to transfer a critically ill patient from Naval Hospital, Guam, to Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, Nov. 17. The CCATT is a specialized, three-person medical team whose primary mission is to provide critical

  • Kadena medic awarded Bronze Star

    Senior Master Sgt. Patrick McEneany was awarded the Bronze Star Medal Nov. 24 for exceptionally meritorious service while deployed with a joint task force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom earlier this year. The senior non-commissioned officer from the 18th Medical Group managed the medical

  • Japanese volunteers assist with Operation Christmas Drop 2010

    Operation Christmas Drop, an annual training exercise and goodwill mission throughout Micronesia, brings together crews and aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, volunteers from across Andersen Air Force Base, members of the Guam community and in 2010, for the first

  • Competition brings out the 'beast'

    It was all about chompers and sniffers during the 2010 Hawaiian Islands Working Dog Competition at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Nov. 15 to 19. Thirty-nine handlers from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and Honolulu Police Department, as well as from Japan and Alaska,

  • 33rd Rescue Squadron featured on NBC Nightly News

    NBC Nightly News highlighted Airmen from the 33rd Rescue Squadron deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on the episode aired Nov. 22, 2010.The piece focuses on providing insight as to what combat search and rescue is all about.

  • Kadena, Okinawans 'band together' in giant rope-making

    More than 30 Airmen, spouses and children from Kadena came together with about 20 Okinawans Nov. 21 to help build a giant tug-of-war rope for the upcoming Okinawa City International Carnival.As part of an 18-year tradition with Kadena, the four-ton, football field-length rope is hand-made before

  • Memorial service planned for F-22 pilot

    A memorial service is planned for Nov. 22 in Hangar One, 11551 Slammer Avenue, at 3:25 p.m., to honor the memory of Capt. Jeffrey Haney, 525th Fighter Squadron.Captain Haney was killed Nov. 17 in the crash of his F-22 Raptor aircraft while on a nighttime training mission approximately 100 miles