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  • Andersen AFB firefighters answer call for support

    The local civilian fire department recently requested immediate firefighting support from Andersen Air Force Base firefighters to assist with a wildland fire near the base's Masada Gate. Response personnel from Andersen included 16 firefighters, two medics, three 36th Security Forces Squadron

  • Kadena Airmen, F-15s spend week with Japanese counterparts

    Four F-15Cs and over 30 Airmen from the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base arrived today to Hyakuri Air Base about 70 miles northeast of Tokyo as part of the wing's latest aviation training relocation. Two more aircraft and another 70 Airmen will arrive by the weekend to round out the American contingent

  • 13th Air Force sharpens skills during Keen Edge

    Members of 13th Air Force here tested and refined their ability to plan, command and control, and assess air, space and information operations in the Asia-Pacific region during Keen Edge 2010 Jan. 22-27. Keen Edge is a command and control exercise designed to increase readiness and interoperability

  • Pacific Angel 2010 set to begin

    The United States will join local authorities in four South Asian and Pacific nations from February through August to provide medical, dental and engineering assistance as part of Operation Pacific Angel 2010.In continuation of U.S. humanitarian assistance to the Philippines after the devastating

  • Realignment construction project begins at Andersen

    Joint Region Marianas senior leaders signified the start of the Arc Light Blvd. Realignment construction project during a ground breaking ceremony held Jan. 22 adjacent to the base exchange.The $5.6 million project was a fiscal year 2009 Congressional insert proposed by Madeleine Bordallo, Guam

  • Andersen Airman excels in motocross

    Pilots deployed to Andersen have plenty of experience taking off and soaring through the air before returning gracefully to Earth. One senior airman from the 734th Air Mobility Squadron has a unique hobby that gives him the same adrenaline rush and allows him to take flight, even if for a brief

  • COLD FRONTier

    People all over the globe are dealing with abnormally cold weather. Ask someone involved with Operation Deep Freeze about the bracing conditions of Chicago, New York and even Florida, and they may begin to shake their head and let out a chuckle. Operation Deep Freeze, Uses a 13th Air Force-led Joint

  • An Erwin PME first

    For the first time in the history of the Erwin Professional Military Education Center's NCO Academy, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force attendee has assumed a class leadership role. Master Sgt. Junko Adachi, A JASDF NCO from Iruma Air Base in Saitama prefecture near Tokyo, Japan, is serving as

  • 13th Air Force sharpens skills during Keen Edge

    Members of 13th Air Force here tested and refined their ability to plan, command and control, and assess air, space and information operations in the Asia-Pacific region during Keen Edge 2010 Jan. 22-27. Keen Edge is a command and control exercise designed to increase readiness and interoperability