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  • Bronze Star: Photojournalist recounts explosion, loss of friends in Iraq

    "I was covered in blood." June 24, 2008, is a day Tech. Sgt. Cohen Young, an Air Force photojournalist, will never forget. During an assignment to cover the progress of democracy in the heart of Baghdad, an explosion ripped through an office he walked out of not 30 seconds prior, killing five.

  • Chief of Staff engages with Elmendorf Airmen

    The Air Force's top uniformed member spent time with the men and women of Elmendorf Air Force Base July 6. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz received mission briefings from Col. Thomas Bergeson, 3rd Wing Commander, visited of the 3rd Wing's hospital and stopped in at Hangar 1 to

  • 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