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  • Security forces Airman 'Necessary' for mission accomplishment

    In today's expeditionary Air Force, security forces Airmen play an integral role in contingency operations and stateside missions. One Airman in the 36th Security Forces Squadron here is "Necessary." Senior Airman James Necessary, a 36th Security Forces Squadron security controller from Pryor,

  • Far from home, Airmen and their families celebrate Ramadan

    "It's like planning for Christmas while everyone else is going about their business," said Tech. Sgt. Angela Errahimi, a combat communications chief with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, about preparing for Ramadan here. This same sense of dislocation is no doubt shared by many military members

  • Isle Guard brings luau to Iraq

    Hawaii Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Lee Sonomura and Master Sgt. Kurt Kawachi spent part of this week in a Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, kitchen cleaning green onions. They were working up a menu of favorites from home: kalua pig, lomi salmon, chicken long rice, haupia, macaroni salad, Spam and

  • Rare piece of aviation history returning to Hawaii

    In 1929, only the most intrepid adventurers were familiar with the miracle of flight. So the visionary founders of Inter-Island Airways sought out the sturdiest, most comfortable aircraft of the day to introduce Hawaii residents to air travel: the Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker. Inter-Island Airways,

  • 3rd Bombardment Group reunites at Elmendorf

    An important chapter in the history of the 3rd Wing was honored as several members from the 3rd Bombardment Group reunited here Aug. 12-16. The 3rd BG, which was also known as the 3rd Attack Group, was stationed in Australia during World War II and is today's 3rd Wing. The members who reunited here

  • Man of War, Man of Steel

    Legend has it that Hercules, son of mortal woman Alcmene and Greek god Zeus, was born with the mental courage and physical strength that helped him accomplish the mythically famous twelve labors. His statuesque figure, seen in countless illustrations and storybooks, is ripped with brute muscles and

  • Pacific Airlift Rally 2009 underway

    Pacific Airlift Rally 2009, co-hosted by the U.S. and Royal Malaysian Air Forces, kicked off here Aug. 17. Lt. Gen. Dato' Rodzali bin Daud, RMAF air operations commander, officiated the opening ceremony of the biennial symposium involving Pacific Rim nation air forces. Rally events include an

  • Gen. North assumes command of Pacific Air Forces

    The command of Pacific Air Forces, celebrating 65 years of providing American airpower in the Pacific this month, was passed today from Gen. Howie Chandler to Gen. Gary North during a ceremony here on Freedom Tower Mall. General North assumed command after completing three and a half years of