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  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Senior Airman Amanda Debkowski, 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, watches on as F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft approach the End of Runway crew here on Feb. 8. The crew is responsible for arming all weapons and making sure the aircraft is ready for flight. The F-16 is assigned to the 18th Fighter Squadron. The 18th Fighter Squadron conducts air operations for combat-ready F-16 aircraft and provides close air support, forward air control (airborne), battlefield air interdiction, and offensive counter air. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt Joshua Strang)

    Armed and Ready

  • HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- An F-22 sits on the ramp here Feb. 8, 2007, while on its way to Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 27th Fighter Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Va. are deploying 12 F-22s and more than 250 personnel overseas for the first time to Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Vanessa Perez)

    F-22s head to Kadena AB, Japan

  • The first of 12 F-22 Raptors lands for a brief layover Feb. 7 at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. The F-22s and more than 250 Airmen from the 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va., are bound for Kadena Air Base, Japan, for the aircaft's first overseas operational deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

    F-22A begins first overseas deployment

    The U.S. Air Force is deploying 12 F-22A Raptors and more than 250 personnel from the 27th Fighter Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Va., to Kadena Air Base, Japan. The mission, in support of U.S. Pacific Command's Theater Security Package in the Western Pacific, is the first overseas deployment for the Air Force's newest fighter. A

  • AMC terminal streamlines check-in process

    As part of Air Force Smart Operations 21, members from the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron here saw the need to streamline the check-in process and have recently added a second security gate. With the addition of a second gate, travelers can now check in for flights an hour later than usual. According to Master Sgt. Justin Sturn, 733rd AMS passenger
  • KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea Jan. 30, 2007 -- Brig. Gen. Marke Gibson, Seventh Air Force vice commander, learns about the Wolf's ACE In The Hole non-alcoholic lounge Jan. 30 from Col. Jeff "Wolf" Lofgren and Airman 1st Class Cory Boatwright. This was Gen. Gibson's first look at the Wolf Pack mission and the completed bed down of F-117 Nighthawk Follow-on Forces from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Col. Lofgren is commander of the 8th Fighter Wing "Wolf Pack."(Air Force photo by Senior Airman Darnell Cannady)

    Seventh AF vice sees Wolf Pack mission, F-117 integration

    Getting an up-close look at the Wolf Pack mission, the Seventh Air Force vice commander toured Kunsan Jan. 30 to get a better understanding of how Kunsan members Defend the Base, Accept Follow-on Forces and Take the Fight North. Brig. Gen. Marke Gibson, second-in-command at the numbered air force, arrived to a typical Wolf Pack greeting with hand
  • Two F-22A Raptors taxi down the runway. A squadron of F-22 Raptors is scheduled to deploy to Kadena Air Base, Japan, as part of U.S. Pacific Command's Theater Security Package in the Western Pacific in early 2007. This will be the first overseas deployment for the Air Force's newest fighter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker)

    F-22 scheduled for first overseas deployment

  • Maintainers keep planes flying at Cope Tiger

    Maintenance personnel are in Thailand as part of Exercise Cope Tiger '07. The A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Osan Air Base, Korea, are joined by planes from bases in Japan and Hawaii, all participating in the two-week multilateral exercise with Thailand and Singapore. With more than 60 planes in the air at any one time, it is a large job for these
  • Capt. Ketu Lincoln (L), and Senior Airman Joel Peace (R), 18th Aeromedical Dental Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan work to extract a tooth from 8 year old Apiwat Kitjumgnong during a medical-dental goodwill mission at the Thairat 72 school in Udon Thani Thailand Feb. 6. They were there as part of Exercise Cope Tiger 07. (Photo by Army Sergeant Catherine Talento)

    Air Force team performs goodwill mission in Thailand

    A U.S. Air Force medical and dental team and members from the Royal Thai Air Force participated in a humanitarian mission at Thairat 72 School in Udon Thani, Thailand Feb. 6. This was the second humanitarian civil action project and the first in northern Thailand conducted during exercise Cope Tiger 2007. According to Royal Thai Air Force Capt.

  • PACAF commander focuses on AF top 3 priorities

    Taking care of Airmen and their families, Global War on Terror, modernizing the aging fleet and the recent stand up of the 13th Air Force Detachment at Yokota Air Base, Japan, were topics of interest for the commander of Pacific Air Forces during a recent visit to Kadena, Feb. 1 - 3. "Taking care of Airmen and their families is a high priority,"
  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Airman Ken Chung, 354th Communications Squadron, pitches an envelope into a squadron mail box on Feb. 06. The base Mail Room on a daily basis will pick up, deliver and process over 500 pieces of mail. The mail is then "pitched", sorted, and proper postage is applied to all official mail. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jonathan Snyder)

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