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  • Yokota's American Red Cross helps spread holiday cheer

    Members of the Yokota community gathered together to help Yokota's American Red Cross sort through thousands of letters for the Second Annual Holiday Mail for Heroes card-sorting event here Nov. 29. Each year people from around the United States make holiday cards for servicemembers; the cards are

  • Former Kadena commander, Vietnam fighter pilot returns to Okinawa

    As Capt. Philip Drew climbed into the seat of his F-105 Thunderchief on Dec. 19, 1967, and prepared for his 90th mission over North Vietnam, he never expected he would be in the fight of his life."There was no time for thought, just time for reaction," now retired Brig. Gen. Philip Drew said of the

  • Aircrew takes on Nevada desert

    Flares popped from the side of C-17 Globemaster IIIs and C-130 Hercules aircraft and fell to the desert floor, filling the skies with smoke. Pilots weaved their way through mountainous terrain to avoid threats along an airdrop route trying not to get blown out of the sky. Fortunately for the 535th

  • 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