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  • 15th Wing answers the call for joint service training

    The C-17 Globemaster III from the 15th Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, must have looked like an angel sent from heaven as it soared through the skies before touching down here Sunday. In the eyes of the jumpmasters who operate the 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, the

  • Misawa military, city leaders partner for first-ever exercise

    Members from Misawa Air Base partnered with Misawa community members, Oct. 13, to conduct the first-ever table top exercise in which a U.S. Air Force aircraft is forced to land in Misawa City. The exercise, created in response to a recent aircraft crash-landing near Okinawa, Japan, outlined joint

  • Energy saving program underway at Yokota

    Airmen around the globe are acknowledging energy efficiency and conservation during October's Energy Awareness Month and Airmen at Yokota Air Base are setting the example. At the arrival of cooler fall weather, the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron flipped the switch Oct. 12, shutting off Yokota AB's

  • Osan hosts Air Power Day 2010

    Contrails filled the sky above Osan Air Base while the "oohs" and "ahhs" of spectators could be heard all along the flightline during Air Power Day 2010 Oct. 9-10.The air show drew a two-day crowd of nearly 55,0000 -- more than quadrupling the previous year's attendance. This year's Air Power Day

  • Jay Leno trades desk for stand-up gig with troops, families

    Tour for the Troops brings Leno to baseThousands of service members, their families and friends filled the Buckner Physical Fitness Center Saturday night to attend part of Jay Leno's Tour for the Troops, sponsored by the Air Force Reserve.Leno finished taping the "Tonight Show" Friday afternoon,

  • Rage City delivers roller-derby mayhem

    When an average person thinks of roller derby, perhaps images are conjured up of a woman wearing a viking helmet, throwing an elbow to brutally catapult an adversary over a banked-track rail into a bewildered crowd.Jennifer Schober is a contractor working in the 3rd Component Maintenance Squadron at

  • RQ-4 Gobal Hawk completes inaugural flight

    Team Andersen Airmen made their mark in history Oct. 7 as the RQ-4 Global Hawk successfully took off and landed on the runway here for the first time.The RQ-4 Global Hawk, which arrived Sept. 1, is the only permanently stationed aircraft at Andersen Air Force Base. So far, one of three planned RQ-4s

  • Team Misawa contributes to global cause

    It takes a village to raise a child, and in the case of this year's fundraising campaign, it takes the combined efforts of Team Misawa to gather donations to affect the world. The Combined Federal Campaign is the only authorized solicitation of Federal employees in their work places on behalf of

  • PFAR trains to be mission ready

    Dirt and debris flew everywhere, thrown into the air by the rapid rotating blades of a UH-60 Black Hawk as it hovered to the ground carrying a M119 105 mm howitzer cannon. The Black Hawk released the howitzer and it settled to the ground as Soldiers made a quick exit and ducked for cover until the

  • Energy awareness saves money at work, home

    October is Energy Awareness Month and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's energy team is working a three-pronged plan to reduce energy use, create new energy and change the culture of base energy users.Reduce demandJBER Resource Efficiency Manager Francis Sheridan explained changing demand comes in