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  • ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A C-130 flys a training mission which dropped pallets of simulated supplies at designated points along the Alaskan Interior. The C-130 belongs to the 517th Airlift Squadron. The 517th Airlift Squadron will replace its fleet of C-130s with the C-17 Globemaster III later this year. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown)

    Training in the interior

  • American, Japanese airmen join forces in Keen Edge '07

    Approximately 300 Airmen and six Japan Air Self Defense Force liaison officers are participating in the bilateral command post Exercise Keen Edge '07 here. Officials from 13th Air Force are conducting their part of the annual weeklong joint bilateral exercise to increase combat readiness and interoperability with the JASDF. The U.S. Forces

  • PACAF commander focuses on AF top 3 priorities

    Taking care of Airmen and their families, Global War on Terror, modernizing the aging fleet and the recent stand up of the 13th Air Force Detachment at Yokota Air Base, Japan, were topics of interest for the commander of Pacific Air Forces during a recent visit to Kadena, Feb. 1 - 3. "Taking care of Airmen and their families is a high priority,"

  • Kadena Airmen ready for visiting Raptors

    As Kadena Air Base officials get ready to host 12 F-22 Raptors for the fighters' first overseas deployment, the base's most important focus right now is their readiness stance. "That readiness gives us piece and stability in the region," said Brig. Gen. Harold W. Moulton, 18th Wing commander. "And frankly because the front lines of the global war

  • Members help 'guard' a life

    A Hawaii Air National Guard member was medically evacuated to the Bumungrad Hospital in Bangkok at approximately 5 p.m. Feb. 1, after undergoing successful heart surgery at Ratchisima Bangkok Hospital in Korat. Staff Sgt. Avery Jaena, 38, arrived at the hospital in Bangkok around 5:45 p.m. and is now in the Intensive Care Unit recovering. He is a
  • Maj. Brian Kilty, F-15 pilot with the Hawaii Air National Guard's 199th Fighter Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, takes Wing Commander Napassdol Pavarabaddhanaguna, an F-16 pilot with the 103 Squadron, Royal Thai Air Force on an Orientation flight during the Cope Tiger 2007 Exercise in Korat, Thailand. Cope Tiger is a multilateral combined air exercise involving the U.S., Thailand and Singapore. The familiarization flight provides a quality venue to develop multilateral interoperability and demonstrates coalition procedures for air power missions. (USAF photo by Master Sgt. Kristen Higgins)

    Servicemembers participate in Cope Tiger 07

  • Senior Airman Elizabeth Auster from 15th Medical Dental Squadron makes contact with her “fan club,” of Thai children from Ban Chaimongkon school in Korat, Thailand. (USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Betty Squatrito-Martin)

    Servicemembers provide humanitarian assistance during Cope Tiger

    Servicemembers from the United States, Thailand and Republic of Singapore recently took part in a humanitarian mission at a local school during Cope Tiger 2007. "It is an incredible feeling to come into an area like this and make an impact, show off the humanitarian side of the U.S. Air Force and forge lasting friendships in the Pacific," said

  • Exercise Keen Edge '07

    Approximately 300 Airmen and six Japan Air Self Defense Force liaison officers are participating in the bilateral command post exercise Keen Edge 07 here.The 13th Air Force is conducting its part of the annual weeklong joint bilateral exercise to increase combat readiness and interoperability with the JASDF. The U.S. Forces Japan-led exercise is
  • ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – A row of B-52 Stratofortresses from Barksdale Air Force Base, La. and Minot AFB, N.D. await their next mission on the flightline at Andersen AFB, Guam. The different colored tail markings represent the individual squadrons each bomber is assigned to at their home station. Approximately 300 Airmen from Barksdale AFB, La. arrived on Guam this week as part of a scheduled rotation of bomber units into the Pacific theatre. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Don Perrien)

    Barksdale’s B-52s arrive at Andersen, complete bomber rotation

    Airmen from the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. and their B-52 Stratofortress bombers arrived in Guam this week to begin a four-month deployment. The Louisiana-based aircraft, aircrew, support and maintenance personnel replaced the Minot AFB, N.D. personnel who redeployed home as part of a scheduled rotation of bomber units. The

  • After manpower cuts, PACAF gets 'smart'

    If they haven't heard of it yet, it's a sure bet airmen across the Pacific soon will. It's called Air Force Smart Operations 21, an Air Force initiative to get smarter and more efficient in the face of reduced budgets and sweeping personnel cuts. Pacific Air Force bases have already begun streamlining, from reducing airmen's in-processing time at
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