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  • PACAF chief selects gain knowledge, insight for new rank

    A group of chief selects met here for a week-long orientation to the Pacific Air Forces way of doing business during the PACAF Chief Orientation Course Jan. 11-15.The event included 65 chief selects and was hosted by Chief Master Sgt. Brooke McLean, PACAF command chief."This week is an investment in

  • Elmendorf set to be inspected by IEA team

    The Arctic Warriors of Elmendorf Air Force Base will be visited next week by an inspection team for the 2010 Commander-in-Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence.Elmendorf was selected along with Dover Air Force Base, Del., as the two finalists for the Air Force.The inspection team will

  • U.S., Japan Airmen join sister services in year's first bilateral exercise

    U.S. Air Force Airmen from Japan and other locations around the world joined their Japanese counterparts and sister services Jan. 22 to kick off the year's first bilateral exercise here.The command post exercise, known as Keen Edge '10, runs until Jan. 27 and is designed to increase combat readiness

  • PACAF Airman posthumously awarded intelligence medal

    A Pacific Air Forces Airman killed in action near Kabul, Afghanistan, last year was posthumously awarded the National Intelligence Medal for Valor at a ceremony Jan. 22 here.First Lt. Roslyn Schulte was an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations officer assigned to the 613th Air and

  • Simulator provides risk-free training

    The 354th Security Forces Squadron training instructors recently received training on a new simulation system that will train Airmen in marksmanship, collective and judgmental firing skills. The Engagement Skills Trainer 2000 is a small arms training system used to increase deployment engagement

  • PACAF aircraft depart to assist Haiti relief effort

    Pacific Air Forces deployed seven C-17 Globemaster III aircraft Jan. 19 to Charleston AFB, S.C., to support the U.S. military's Haitian relief effort, Operation Unified Response.Three of the aircraft belonged to the 535th and 204th Airlift Squadrons here and four deployed from the 517th and 249th

  • U.S., Japan forces celebrate as alliance reaches half-century mark

    Fifty years ago the U.S. and Japan signed a security treaty that has outlasted 10 U.S. presidents and 22 Japan prime ministers, and it shows no signs of slowing down yet.To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the alliance, approximately 200 Japanese and American servicemembers and government officials