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  • VIETNAM -- Dr. Joe Orchowski, Orthopedics surgeon at Tripler Army Medical Center, (far left) performing knee replacement surgery with Hue Central Hospital medical staff. This humanitarian assistance effort was funded by US Pacific Command as a high priority Asia-Pacific Regional Initiative. It was planned and executed as a first-ever joint venture by US Army Pacific (USARPAC), Pacific Air Forces, 624 Regional Support Group, and two Non-Governmental Agencies: The East Meets West Foundation (EMWF) based in Vietnam and the AMM based in Hawaii. (photo by Capt Fritz Craft)

    Spirit of Aloha Advances Partnership for Health in Vietnam

    At first it was just a trickle of country folks, but soon a steady procession formed on the narrow, dusty roads dotted with elaborate ancestral tombs and massive water buffalos. People on foot were soon overtaken by rickety bicycles, and noisy motorbikes. By 0700, a huge crowd packed the courtyard outside the spartan clinic building. Propelled by

  • Airman exemplifies base's Japan Day

    An Airman here recently received a cultural experience few Japanese are even afforded the opportunity to enjoy. Airman 1st Class Song Lee entranced the crowd at the opening ceremony of Misawa Air Base's 20th Annual Japan Day wearing a Junihitoe (which means 12-layer robe), an elegant imperial kimono. The style of kimono dates back to the 10th
  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A Dassault M2000 Mirage, Armee de l'Air (French Air Force), takes off for a mission during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1 here on April 10. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. It is conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt Joshua Strang)

    Armee de l'Air

  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A KC-10 Extender from McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey takes off for a mission during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1 here on April 10. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. It is conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt Joshua Strang)

    Launching Jets

  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Tail flashes from the 64th Aggressor Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, F-16 Fighting Falcons are showcased during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1 here on April 10. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. It is conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt Joshua Strang)

    Eielson's Aggressive Flightline

  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A B-1B Lancer from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota takes off for a mission during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1 here on April 10. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. It is conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt Joshua Strang)

    Light 'em Up!

  • Airman Samuel Martinek inspects a pallet as he prepares for his upcoming deployment. Airman Martinek is assgined to the 35th Security Forces Squadron at Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Seaman Shane Arrington)

    Young Airman prepares for his first deployment

    Eighteen years old and fresh out of high school, he may not have many years under his flak vest but he made a choice few make ... to serve and defend his country. Airman Samuel Martinek, part of the 35th Security Forces Squadron at Misawa Air Base, Japan, is preparing for his upcoming deployment. While he may be new to the Air Force, he says he
  • KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea April 6, 2007 -- Col. Jeff "Wolf" Lofgren, 8th Fighter Wing commander, talks to wing Airmen April 6 about April's upcoming Operational Readiness Inspection. The Wolf, together with Chief Master Sgt. Anthony "Wolf Chief" Brinkley, 8th FW command chief, addressed the crowd of more than 1,500 about the stresses and successes the wing has gone through since May 2006. (Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephen Collier)

    Wolf rallies wing during 'Wolf Call'

    With guns blazing (literally), forklifts hauling equipment and an afterburner-fly by, the 8th Fighter Wing commander gave his final rally speech before the wing's Operational Readiness Inspection.   Col. Jeff "Wolf" Lofgren, donning individual protective equipment and a squad assault weapons, made his entrance to a crowd of more than 1,500 Wolf
  • HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Lt. Col. Guillermo Orraca, 15th Airlift Wing medical group, explains to the Vietnamese Delegation, Brig. Gen. DO Hoa Binh, Colonel TRAN Duc Thanh, and Lt. Col. NGUYEN Thi Mai Huong, of various dental services avaialable to military personnel at the 15MDG. This visit is part of the nursing exchange program which started at the 15th Annual Asia-Pacific Military Medical Conference where the Vietnamese requested that the two countries develop a cooperative relationship between the U. S. and Vietnamese Military Nursing communities. (Air Force photo by Mark Bates)

    PACAF and Vietnamese medical partnership

  • 'Superbug' removes toxins from base golf course soil

    An environmental initiative results in the enhancement of an environmentally safe, locally grown 'superbug' that is cleaning up toxic chemicals dumped in an old landfill of the 1940s underneath Mamala Bay Golf Course. "These microscopic superbugs consume potentially toxic chemicals (present in the soil) and break them down to a level that is not
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