Yokota Airmen help Indonesian community during exercise

Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, delivered more than 1,200 pounds of clothes, toys and sports equipment to the Negeri Gembor 2 Elementary School here April 21.Yokota Airmen are participating in Cope West 10, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored bilateral tactical airlift exercise involving the U.S. and

A U.S Air Force exchange pilot receives the honorary citizenship from city of Choonju

A US Air Force exchange pilot became the first foreign military personnel to receive the honorary citizenship certificate from city of Choongju. Major Ashley B. Clayborne who is currently assigned to ROKAF 19th Fighter Wing located in Choongju. Major Clayborne, an MIT alumnus, has contributed to not

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

Dragon Eagle Taiko Team says goodbye to mentor in style

RF-A 10-2: First launch

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

K-9s sink teeth into drug prevention

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