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  • Down under, across sky with Talisman Saber

    Throughout the month of July, thousands of U.S. troops were deployed - not just to Iraq or Afghanistan, but to Guam, Hawaii and Australia as part of Exercise Talisman Saber 2009. The biannual, joint and coalition exercise saw U.S. and Australian forces working together to achieve a series of common

  • Talisman Saber airpower offers command success

    The 13th Air Force here was the nerve center for airpower during Talisman Saber 2009, a bilateral command post and field-training exercise between U.S. and Australian forces that concluded July 25. The two-week exercise, held jointly by U.S. Pacific Command and the Australian Defence Force, focused

  • First solar wall in PACAF, Alaska performing well

    In November 2008, Alaska and Pacific Air Forces installed their first solar wall here, and ever since then it has held up to expectations. Francis Sheridan, resource efficiency manager, was responsible for brainstorming the idea to install a solar wall as a way to save the Air Force money. "So far,

  • Guam Raptors train with Kadena F-15s

    Two F-22 Raptors from the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron returned here July 15 from Japan following training with F-15 Eagles at Kadena Air Base. The 525th EFS, deployed here from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, as part of U.S. Pacific Command's Theater Security Packages in the Asia-Pacific

  • C-17 delivers Australian fire truck duringTalisman Saber 2009

    During a mission in Northern Australia, a Hickam Air Force Base C-17 Globemaster III, maneuvering below canyon walls, landed on a remote dirt runway to deliver a team of Australian and U.S. firefighters, along with their 23-ton fire truck, July 19. This mission, part of exercise Talisman Saber 2009,

  • Vietnam, United States hold airpower talks

    Senior officials from the Vietnamese People's Air Force and U.S. Air Force are meeting in Vietnam July 21-24 to share information and set the stage for future partnering activities. The series of meetings, held under the Pacific Air Forces' Airman-to-Airman Talks program, was organized with the