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  • Elijah Wood, a 4th grade student at Yokota Air Base, Japan's West Elementary School, raises his hand March 30 to ask a fire fighter a question at the school's annual career day. The career day kicked off April being the "Month of the Military Child." (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jessica Gilbert)

    Month of the Military Child kicks off with career day

    A fourth grader raises his hand, his face is beaming, and asks a firefighter, "What do you do?" This was one scene as Yokota Air Base residents kicked off the Department of Defense's 21st Month of the Military Child celebration here March 30 with a career day. The career day showed children they are important and gave them hands-on experience and
  • KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Alex Trebek, host of the Jeopardy game show, greets members of Kadena's 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and the 909th Air Refueling Squadron March 31 during a Jeopardy game show USO tour of Japan. During a two-day trip to Kadena, Mr. Trebek and Jeopardy show staff also toured an F-22 stealth fighter, a KC-135 stratotanker, an E-3 AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System), an F-15C fighter, and an HH-60 helicopter. The F-22 is temporarily based at Kadena on its first overseas deployment from Langley Air Force Base, Va. Kadena residents were allowed to try-out to be contestants on Jeopardy, as well. (Air Force/Senior Airman Nestor Cruz)

    Jeopardy searches Kadena for contestants

    Alex Trebek, host of the "Jeopardy" television game show, visited Kadena March 31 to search for future contestants as part of a USO-sponsored tour of military bases in the Pacific region. "There are military members stationed all around the world and some of them are on long deployments," Mr. Trebek said. "As a result, they don't have the

  • Bilateral training strengthens U.S., Japanese alliance

    Japan Air Self-Defense Force members frequently deploy to U.S. Air Force bases, and when they do, they need to know how to properly maintain equipment, even if it's not something they typically work on. That is why aerospace and ground equipment shop members recently took the time to get their Japanese equivalents up-to-speed on Air Force
  • KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Alex Trebek, host of the Jeopardy game show, greets members of Kadena's 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and the 909th Air Refueling Squadron March 31 during a Jeopardy game show USO tour of Japan. During a two-day trip to Kadena, Mr. Trebek and Jeopardy show staff also toured an F-22 stealth fighter, a KC-135 stratotanker, an E-3 AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System), an F-15C fighter, and an HH-60 helicopter. The F-22 is temporarily based at Kadena on its first overseas deployment from Langley Air Force Base, Va. Kadena residents were allowed to try-out to be contestants on Jeopardy, as well. (Air Force/Senior Airman Nestor Cruz)

    Jeopardy host Alex Trebek visits Kadena

  • Using OPSEC in the exercise environment

    As the Eielson AFB gears up for the summer exercise season, personnel are reminded that it is essential to apply solid and smart Operations Security. Though OPSEC is always vital to mission success, practicing it is especially important during up-tempo operations, such as Red Flag-Alaska and base emergency management exercises, to ensure
  • OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 25th Fighter Squadron and two F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 36th Fighter Squadron fly over the Republic of Korea in formation recently. The 51st Fighter Wing hosted the RSO&I and Foal Eagle exercises here. (Photo by Jim Haseltine)

    RSO&I, Foal Eagle strengthen alliance

    More than 250 Airmen and hundreds of other augmentees from the Marines, Army and Navy converged on Osan this week to participate in the 12th annual Reception, Staging, Onward-movement and Integration/Foal Eagle exercise. The exercise tests the military's ability to deploy multi-service U.S. forces to the Korean peninsula. The major goal of the
  • OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Airmen participate in a field training exercise at Commando Warrior here last year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gina Chiaverotti

    Commando Warrior: Best warriors in PACAF

    The accolades continue to roll in as yet another member of Team Osan wins an annual unit award. The 607th Training Flight "Commando Warrior" unit here took home the Pacific Air Forces Outstanding Security Forces Flight Award for 2006. Commando Warrior at Osan is assigned to the 607th Air Operations Group under 7th Air Force. This particular

  • OAHS hits 'grand slam' for cultural exchange

    In the movie "Field of Dreams," baseball brought a man and his father together. The power of baseball will go even further here Saturday, strengthening the bonds between two nations as Osan American High School Cougars faces the Suwon Buk School. This is the first time the Cougars will face a Korean team. As with any sport, both teams hope to win

  • Chief of Chaplains: Change is way of life in Air Force

    The Air Force chief of chaplains likens Airmen to Jack Bauer of television's "24" fame. "Just like Jack Bauer, we know trouble is out there because we're all fighting the Global War on Terror," said Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Charles Baldwin. "Every day, we accept not only the personal troubles of life, but also the responsibility of the national and
  • A B-52 from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., flies over the flightline at Avalon Airport Friday in support of Australian International Airshow 07. B-52s are deployed from Barksdale to Andersen Air Base, Guam, as part of the Pacific Command’s continuous bomber presence in the Pacific region. One B-52 flew from Darwin Airport in Northern Australia, to perform in support of the Australian International Airshow 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Yvonne Levardi)

    Andersen B-52s participate in Green Lightning exercise, Australian airshow

    Team Andersen Airmen flew to the land 'down under' this week to demonstrate the capability and flexibility of the B-52 Stratofortress bomber to our Australian partners, completing a series of scheduled Green Lightning exercise sorties at Delamere Bombing Range while also providing aerial flyovers for the Australian International Airshow 2007 in
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