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  • B-52 bombers complete Northern Edge 09

    Airmen supporting the B-52 Stratofortresses from the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron completed an 11-day exercise in Alaska and returned here over a three-day period between June 27 and June 30. Three B-52 bombers from the 96th EBS completed 23 sorties during Northern Edge 2009, which allowed

  • March ARB tankers support Northern Edge 2009

    Air Force Reservists assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Air Refueling Unit provided 11,439,000 pounds of fuel to U.S. military aircraft participating in Northern Edge 2009, an exercise that focuses on tactical-level execution of U.S. Pacific Command training objectives in a joint environment, June

  • OPFOR creates realistic battlefield sights, sounds

    Under a light mist of rain, a convoy of Humvees trundles along a peaceful muddy Ghanesia jungle road when gunfire erupts around them. From several positions, insurgents attack with small arms fire while blasts rock the airwaves, engulfing people and weapons in a fog of war. Yellow smoke begins to

  • Okinawa housing has come a long way; even more is on the horizon

    Military Family Housing throughout Okinawa has been undergoing a series of upgrades to improve the quality of life for our military families. The 18th Wing is committed to ensuring that the Military Family Housing units on each installation continue to improve, support, and serve the families

  • U.S. mandates base housing for military families

    U.S. military leaders on Okinawa approved a policy to require all incoming military families to reside on base beginning Aug. 1. The change comes as an effort to save money; while military family housing on Okinawa sits at just over 50 percent capacity, families living off base are given an overseas

  • ROMADs train with Army to become JTACs

    Rain and mud may not have been forecasted for Radio Operators, Maintainers and Drivers' training in the wilderness, but Airmen geared up anyway to practice combat lifesaver skills, convoys, air-assault egression, and improvised explosive device reaction with one goal in mind: to become combat

  • 25th AMU "Crew Dogs" help get the mission accomplished

    While it might seem like waking up every day and going to work knowing the fate of a multi-million dollar aircraft, a pilot's life and the Air Force mission are in your hands is a big responsibility, it's one tactical aircraft maintainer's take on every day. Tactical aircraft maintainers, otherwise

  • Operation Pacific Angel set to begin

    The United States will join local authorities in three Pacific nations in July and September to provide medical, dental, and engineering assistance as part of Operation Pacific Angel 2009. More than 150 joint and combined U.S. Air Force and Army total force members will fly via Air Force C-17

  • This is not your father's Korea

    Have you ever heard the phrase, "This is not your father's Korea?" As always is the case, there is an exception. Proving that an assignment in Korea truly is becoming the assignment of choice, Master Sgt. Frank Irvin, Sortie Support Flight Chief for the 5th Reconnaissance Squadron, got to share a