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  • U.S. Air Force HARRT arrives in Indonesia

    A U.S. Air Force Humanitarian Assistance Rapid Response Team arrived at the Bandar Udara International Airport late in the evening Oct. 5 with approximately 200,000 pounds of medical and contingency response equipment. The 69-member team set up a mobile field hospital near the M. Jamil hospital here

  • Kadena maintainers train on JASDF equipment during exercise

    Maintainers from the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit worked alongside their Japanese hosts Oct. 2 to learn how to use aerospace ground equipment at Hyakuri Air Base, Japan during an Aviation Training Relocation exercise. The Airmen trained on the Japan Air Self Defense Forces' AGE, which they will

  • U.S., India to begin Cope India bilateral exercise

    The U.S. and Indian air forces will train together during exercise Cope India Oct. 15-24 at Air Force Station Agra in Uttar Predesh, India. This year's Cope India will be an airlift exercise that focuses on the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission. More than 150 U.S. Airmen, along

  • Airman returns home to help

    Imagine driving to work on a nice sunny day and learning that your hometown has just been shaken by an earthquake with the magnitude of 7.9. Naturally, you would be little nervous because you would think of your family and friends.Sept. 29 was a harsh reality and not just the imagination of  Tech.

  • Allen Army Airfield to save Air Force money, provide tactical training

    Brig. Gen. Charles Foster, 176th Wing commander, and Col. Thomas Bergeson, 3rd Wing commander, were on hand Sept. 29 during the ribbon cutting ceremony for Allen Army Airfield, only the seventh assault landing strip in the Air Force located north of Elmendorf. After four years of planning and

  • PACAF Airmen deploy to Indonesia to help quake victims

    Airmen assigned to Pacific Air Forces left here and Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Oct. 5 for Padang, Indonesia, to provide medical care to those affected by the recent 7.6-magnitude earthquake. The Airmen are part of an Air Force Humanitarian Assistance Rapid Response Team that left on two C-17

  • America's Ambassadors in Blue continue Far East Tour in Malaysia

    Kuala Lumpur boasts an estimated population of 1.6 million and surrounding greater Klang Valley metropolitan area is pushing the 5 million mark and is the fastest growing metropolitan area in Malaysia. When the Thunderbirds arrived at Subang Air Base Sept. 30 for the third stop on their Far East