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  • Tinker AFB "Okies" keep refueling during RIMPAC exercise

    Aircraft refuelers from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.,  are keeping aircraft flying during the Rim of the Pacific exercise currently underway in the Hawaiian Operating Area through July 30.RIMPAC, a biennial exercise in its 22nd year, is hosted by U. S. Pacific Fleet and is the world's largest

  • Oklahoma-based 970th receives vital training during first RIMPAC

    Airmen from the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., arrived here July 11 in support of the Rim of the Pacific, the world's largest maritime exercise.The multinational exercise is in its 22nd year and is comprised of 14 nations, 32 ships, five submarines, more than

  • U.S., Japan aeromedics collaborate during bilateral exchange

    Airmen from the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron hosted more than 30 Japan Air Self Defense Force Airmen during a two-day bilateral exchange July 22-23. Flight medics, flight nurses and loadmasters showed off their unique aeromedical capabilities and equipment used inside the 353rd Special

  • Wolf Pack members enjoy a piece of Korea at Mud Fest

    Wolf Pack Airmen boarded a bus July 25 bound for the last day of mud, music and merriment during the 13th annual Boryeong Mud Festival in Boryeong, South Korea.The trip was one of two tours to the festival the community activity center here has offered each year since the festival began in 1998."The

  • Symposium helps build "network of friendship" among Asia-Pacific air forces

    Eighty representatives from 24 nations throughout the Asia-Pacific region met here to discuss the role of airpower in peace support operations July 21-24 during the Pacific Rim Airpower Symposium (PACRIM). Co-hosted this year by the Republic of Singapore Air Force and the U.S. Air Force, the annual

  • 613th AOC officer selected as PACAF's CGO of the Year

    Pacific Air Forces recently selected Capt. Raj Agrawal, from the 613th Air and Space Operations Center here, as the 2009 Pacific Air Forces Company Grade Officer of the Year. Captain Agrawal, then 613th AOC chief of space operations and missile defense and now executive officer to the commander, was

  • SFS Airmen learn new techniques with PACAF's HRRT active shooter course

    Air Force requirements for improved active-shooter training allowed 35th Security Forces Airmen and Naval Air Facility's Masters at Arms, to attend the Pacific Air Forces command's High Risk Response Training program here July 19 through 23. The PACAF HRRT program, taught throughout the MAJCOM's

  • Kunsan Air Base member trades pack for flock

    For 15 years, Capt. Ryan Riley, 35th Fighter Squadron instructor pilot, has been living his childhood dreams of aviation, one step at a time.Now at age 29 and an Air Force pilot, his path has led him to his recent selection as part of the Air Force Thunderbirds 2011 demonstration team."I've wanted