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  • Hawaii Guardsmen assess damages in American Samoa

    Hawaii Guardsmen from the U.S. Army National Guard and U.S. Air National Guard Assessed damages in the Pago Pago and Leone villages of American Samoa Oct. 1. More than 30 active-duty Guardsmen and traditional Guardsmen split into two groups to conduct search and rescue and assessment procedures. The

  • PACAF commander visits Andersen Airmen

    The Pacific Air Forces' four-star commander made Andersen Air Force Base the first stop on his inaugural tour of PACAF bases, on 23 Sept, to visit and see the Airmen, families, and community leaders on Guam. In his role as PACAF commander, Gen. Gary North is responsible for Air Force activities

  • Joint Force employs humanitarian effort in American Samoa

    Two C-17 Globemaster IIIs departed here Sept. 30 with approximately 100 military personnel to provide humanitarian assistance to the island of American Samoa.The island nation was struck Sept. 29 by an 8.3 magnitude earthquake generating 15-foot waves and destroying whole villages. At least 111

  • COMPACAF visits Yokota

    The four-star commander of Pacific Air Forces made his first visit to Yokota Sept. 23-26. The visit was his first to Japan since taking command Aug. 19 of the command which covers more than 100 million square miles and about half the Earth's surface. Gen. Gary North not only toured the host 374th

  • RSG commander leads Total Force delegation at Cope Tiger conference

    Col. Robert "Randy" Huston, 624th Regional Support Group commander, led a U.S. Total Force delegation at the Cope Tiger 10 Middle Planning Conference Sept. 21-25 at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. U.S. Air Force Active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve planners put the final touches

  • Thunderbirds take show down under

    On the first mention of Australia, a flood of images comes to mind such as kangaroos, koalas... even the "Crocodile Hunter." Now the Aussies can add more images to their dictionary; six red, white and blue F-16s flying in perfect formation through the skies. The U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration