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  • Joint medical maintenance team saves lives

    Housed in the basement of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson DoD/VA Joint Venture Hospital, the Medical Equipment Repair Center services a $36 million inventory of lifesaving medical equipment.Air Force Master Sgt. Margaret Cooper heads a team of 11 highly trained biomedical equipment technicians

  • Late night host opens Air Force recruiting site

    "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno opened the newest military recruiting station in Wasilla Oct. 9, 2010.The king of late-night TV watched as 13 locals took the enlistment oath as part of the Air Force Reserve recruiting station's grand opening.Leno's appearance is part of the Reserve's ongoing effort to

  • JBER: One team, one fight, ready for anything

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson met the milestone of Full Operational Capability, Friday, as mandated by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure law.FOC means JBER has merged installation management functions and assets to become the sole provider of support, services and a home to more than 40,000

  • Joint fight includes emergencies

    With Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Unit Compliance Inspection starting Monday, the JBER emergency management team is ready for anything -- thanks to its prior preparation across service boundaries."In 2009, as part of the joint base alignment, the Mass Notification Systems from both bases were

  • 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