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  • Kadena NCO named Best in Air Force

    One of Kadena's Shogun Warriors was recognized last week as the Air Force's Outstanding Postal Service NCO. Tech. Sgt. Nelson A. Pineda, Detachment 3, Pacific Air Forces Air Postal Squadron, says he owes this honor to the individuals he works with here and those he deployed with. "It's an individual

  • Joint training at 12,500 feet

    In less than 10 seconds, they were gone.Traveling toward earth at speeds of approximately 150 mph, the operators open their parachutes and slowly drift to the ground.Once safely on land, they re-pack, board the C-17 Globemaster III and do it again. This scenario happened four more times over a drop

  • Cope West shows U.S. partnership with Indonesia

    The U.S. and Indonesian air forces held an opening ceremony here April 20 that officially marked the beginning of a U.S. and Indonesian tactical airlift exercise called Cope West 10. Cope West is a week-long bilateral field training exercise sponsored by the two countries' air forces. Airmen from

  • Wolf Pack Airmen take on Red Flag-Alaska

    Approximately 185 Airmen with the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, deployed to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to participate in a realistic, 10-day air combat training exercise known as Red Flag-Alaska. Each Red Flag-Alaska exercise is a multi-service, multi-platform

  • Yokota sees alcohol prevention through a different set of eyes

    Volunteers took part in an intoxicating demonstration conducted by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT) program at the Yokota Community Center, here, April 13. Yokota's ADAPT professionals demonstrated the effects of alcohol by having volunteers attempt to catch a ball while

  • Aircrews poised to kick off RED FLAG - Alaska 10-2

    The initial briefings and familiarization flights are complete, now pilots and aircrew will participate in world-class aerial combat training in the skies above Alaska until the end of April. Eielson Air Force Base is hosting RED FLAG-Alaska 10-2, the first exercise in the 2010 calendar year, which

  • Kadena officer awarded Bronze Star for role in Afghanistan

    Three years ago Cadet Amanda Reed was organizing and leading her cheerleading teammates during football games at the Air Force Academy. Now, as an Air Force first lieutenant, she is being awarded the Bronze Star medal for volunteering to organize and lead thousands of 'teammates' on the front lines.