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  • Wolf Pack treats children from local orphanage to day of fun

    Wolf Pack volunteers invited children from a local orphanage to the base and treated them to a day of fun and activities July 24.More than 64 children from the Il Mag Won Orphanage were treated to activities such as Humvee and fire truck static displays, a visit from Sparky the Fire Dog, swimming in

  • Kadena SFS trains in high risk response

    Airmen from the 18th Security Forces Squadron recently participated in High Risk Response Training.The course gives Airmen classroom and hands-on training similar to Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) training. Kadena broadcaster Tech. Sgt. Renee Crisostomo and photojournalists Staff Sgts. Jason

  • Pride of the Pack: Staff Sgt. Rebecca Gomez

    Unit: 8th Fighter WingDuties: Client support technician for Wing Staff Agencies (computer, phones, radios and video-teleconferences)Hometown: Chicago, Ill.Hobbies: Softball, running, kayaking, just being outdoors Favorite music: Anything but death metal and technoFollow on: Hickam AFB, Hawaii Last

  • Photos of C-17 crash site released

    Officials at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson have released three photographs of the C-17 crash site. This photo shows the wreckage of a 3rd Wing C-17 Globemaster III , a cargo aircraft, that crashed shortly after take-off at about 6:14 p.m. (Alaska time) during a local training mission July 28,

  • Kadena's rescue squadrons train on Okinawa to prepare for the 'real thing'

    Airmen from the 31st and 33rd Rescue Squadrons recently trained with U.S. Marines on Okinawa in simulated combat operations at both Kadena Air Base, and Camp Hansen.The training, which lasted into the night, featured the rescue of injured servicemembers, an integral part of both rescue units'

  • Memorial service for fallen Airmen

    A memorial service for the four Airmen who lost their lives in the C-17 accident Wednesday is scheduled for Monday at 3 p.m. in Hangar 20 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The service is open to all Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson personnel. Memorial fund accounts have been established at Alaska

  • Airmen honored at Arctic Thunder

    Commanders of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's 3rd Wing and the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing spoke to local media this morning about the weekend's Arctic Thunder air show and last Wednesday's tragic C-17 crash, which killed four crewmembers.Killed in the C-17 crash were Maj. Michael

  • CFACC speaks during RIMPAC closing ceremony

    Brig. Gen. Thomas P. Harwood II, mobilization assistant to the commander, Thirteenth Air Force, and the combined forces air component commander for Rim of the Pacific 2010, speaks to the media during the closing press conference for the exercise at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on June 23,