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  • Elmendorf lieutenant gives back to UAA ROTC

    First Lt. Christina Geller, 3rd Comptroller Squadron Financial Management Flight commander, has generously offered a $750 scholarship to the University of Alaska Anchorage's ROTC program.Lieutenant Geller will present her first check for the scholarship April 23, at the ROTC's leadership lab,

  • Red Flag-Alaska prepares for take off

    Red Flag-Alaska 10-2 is scheduled for April 15-30.Elmendorf and the surrounding areas can expect to see an increase in air traffic during that time frame.RF-A is an exercise that has taken place at Elmendorf and Eielson AFBs since 1992. The event is a realistic 10-day air combat training exercise

  • Air Force charity brings a smile to Kadena family

    Two-year-old Jimmy Baker has sneaked all the croutons off his mom's salad while she and his dad tell me about Jimmy's surgery. He's been dipping them in ranch dressing and has shown a real talent for getting half the dressing on his upper lip. His parents, Josh and Joleen, don't mind - they're just

  • Northwest Field critical to training, ecosystem

    Andersen Air Force Base's Northwest Field has, over the years, become a critical training asset to support current operations.Along with essential contingency training, the area is also important to the future of Guam's ecosystem, with several endangered species calling the area home.Northwest Field

  • Yokota runs for fun and funds

    More than 520 students, teachers and parents walked, jogged and ran Yokota's fitness trail to raise money for Joan K. Mendel Elementary School here April 8. The Joan K. Mendel Elementary Jog/Walk-a-thon is a yearly event designed to help the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) raise funds for the Fall

  • Pacific Air Forces names 2010 Total Force Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    PACAF officials here April 12 announced the command's top enlisted members, naming the 12 Total Force Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2010."It is with great pleasure that Command Chief Master Sgt. McLean and I announce on behalf of the command, PACAF's 2010 Total Force Outstanding Airmen of the

  • Service members, Japanese locals clean beach, port

    Combat boots were swapped for rubber galoshes April 11 when Misawa Airmen, Sailors and their family members cleaned up Misawa's Port and Beach area in advance of Earth Day.Organized by volunteers from the 35th Civil Engineering Squadron and Misawa Fishing Association, the 13th annual ecological