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  • OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Alicia Bratten, Pacific Air Force's Youth of the Year, poses with Brig. Gen. Joe Reynes, 51st Fighter Wing commander, and Mrs. Karen Reynes. (Courtesy photo)

    Osan teen selected as PACAF Youth of the Year

    Sometimes people get so caught up in their work, they don't realize how much they've accomplished until they take a step back. An Osan teen realized this when she won Youth of the Year for both the base and Pacific Air Force. "I know I did a lot," said 17-year-old Alicia Bratten. "It just didn't feel like 425 hours (volunteering) for 2006." From
  • Senior Airman Melissa Marett and Staff Sgt Stephen Hurt, 36th Munitions Squadron, check for minor pitting and corrosion on bomb fuses. (Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Don Perrien/ 36th Operations Group)

    Munitions Airmen give B-52s their teeth

    According to the Airmen deployed to the 36th Munitions Squadron at Andersen AFB, a B-52 without weapons is "just another airliner." As part of the scheduled bomber presence in the Pacific theater, 32 munitions personnel from Barksdale Air Force Base, La.  were sent to Guam in support of six B-52s deployed to the region. These deployed Airmen
  • Capt. Jeannette Ward (second from right) talks with Jim and Marite Brierly while Cmdr. (Dr.) Sharon Troxel and Maj. (Dr.) Dan Cole look on at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on May 2, 2007. Doctors Troxel and Cole and Captain Ward were part of the team that treated and medically evacuated Mr. Brierly to Hawaii after he suffered a major heart attack. Mr. and Mrs. Brierly visited the units to thank them for their efforts. Mr. Brierly teaches English as a second language at Kadena Elementary School. Doctor Troxel is the head of the emergency department at U.S. Navy Hospital-Okinawa. Doctor Cole is the 18th Medical Operations Squadron medical services flight commander and a critical care medical attendant team staff physician for pulmonary and critical care. Captain Ward is a flight nurse with the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kasey Zickmund)

    Kadena school teacher thanks his military medical heroes

    Many talk about heroes in their lives. For a Department of Defense Dependent Schools teacher here, his heroes wear camouflage and flight suits. On May 2, he came to thank those who saved his life over a year ago. For Jim Brierly, March 30, 2006, was a day that started like any other day. By the end it, his life would change forever, thanks to the
  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Staff Sgt. Brad Gurley from the Base Water Treatment Plant pours a chlorine reagent powder into a vile of water to test for free chlorine, which is a disinfectant. When the water turns pink, the disinfectand is present. This is part of a Water Analysis process. Water Analyis tests for the major elements, Chlorine, Floride, Phosphate, Maganese, Iron, and Ph levels, among many others present in the base distrobution system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Walters)

    Distribution H2O

  • National nurses week honors 3rd MDG members

    The work of America's 2.9 million registered nurses to save lives and maintain the health of millions of individuals is the focus of this year's National Nurses Week, celebrated annually May 6-12 throughout the United States. This year, the American Nurses Association has selected "Nursing: A Profession and a Passion" as the theme. Annually,

  • PACAF emphasizes anthrax vaccination before deployments

    Officials are emphasizing that pre-deployment notification of Airmen designated to deploy to specific high-threat areas - primarily the Central Command area of responsibility or the Korean peninsula - is sufficient to begin anthrax vaccinations. Air Force guidance states that all categories of personnel on orders may begin immunizations up to 60

  • Active, Reserve Airmen join forces to fight fires

    A total force team of firefighters from Yokota Air Base and the 440th Airlift Wing, Wisconsin's only Air Force Reserve unit, combined skills to extinguish flames during a live-fire exercise here the last week of April. The joint training offered an experience Yokota AB firefighters and the reservists could both learn from, most of all teaming up

  • Weather Airman Works Late to Keep Others Safe

    The early evening hours here are like most Hawaiian nights, warm and breezy but Tech Sergeant Rosswald Guevarra isn't interested in the weather outside. High up in the command center of the 17th Operational Weather Squadron Sergeant Guevarra is staring intently into a computer monitor tracking the weather conditions halfway around the world at
  • 5th Recon Squadron

    'Blackcats' to celebrate 90 years of service

    The 5th Reconnaissance Squadron celebrates its 90th anniversary with a dining-in at the Blackcat Compound on Friday at 6 p.m. Col. Stephen P. Sheehy, 9th Maintenance Group commander, is attending the dinner as the special guest speaker. Other special guests include Chief Master Sgt. Michael Baca, 9th Operations Group superintendent, and Master Sgt.
  • Capt. Christopher and wife Maj. Kimberly Tooman, both assigned to the 35th Fighter Wing Misawa Air Base, Japan take a moment to pose for a picture after the graduation ceremony following the Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Officer School. The AMMOS, located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., is a 14 week course offered to maintenance officers.

    Couple of AMMOS grads right here

    Few organizations across the Air Force have people who have graduated from a specialized school like the Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Officer School, and with only three classes per year, it's easy to see how this advanced training is a rare honor. But, as rare as it may be for a base to have two graduates from this advanced school, a couple
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