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  • AMC crew rounded up and ready to go

    The Rodeo team here has been rounded up, and they are ready to go. About 35 Arctic Warriors will compete in the Air Mobility Command Rodeo at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., July 18 to 25. Since 1962 the AMC Rodeo has been held to help improve the skills of air mobility professionals. The competition

  • Trouble on the ground mandates safety program

    An increase in runway incursions mandates all airfield drivers here to receive a briefing in preventing further flightline mishaps by September. "It's been noted that in 2008 there has been an increase of 49 percent in runway incursion rates caused by vehicles or pedestrians," said Tech. Sgt. Don

  • 'Vampire Bats' take to skies of Alaska

    Northern Edge 2009 is a joint training exercise connecting approximately 9,000 servicemembers from throughout the country and throughout the world, and involving more than 200 aircraft. Some of those service members and aircraft came from as far away as Kadena Air Force Base, Japan. Pilots and

  • Northern Warfare Training Center helps prepare SEALs

    A West Coast-based SEAL team continued their training during Northern Edge 2009 with the help from the Northern Warfare Training Center here June 17. The SEAL team learned and practiced several river crossing techniques to prepare them for overseas contingency operations. "The training that we are

  • Air Force officer honored by AAPA

    When Capt. Timothy Harrelson deployed with a provincial reconstruction team to Afghanistan for a year, he knew his work as the team's physician assistant would have an effect on the local Afghans and those he served with. He didn't realize the impact it would have on his career. Seven months, one

  • Kadena home to enlisted aviator of year

    A staff sergeant assigned to the 390th Intelligence Squadron was named the Air Force's NCO recipient of the 2008 Henry "Red" Erwin Enlisted Aviator of the Year June 12. "It was an honor to even be considered for this award, since there are many other just as, if not more deserving (cryptologic

  • U.S. Air Force, Navy simulate mock aerial combat in Asia-Pacific region

    The 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron took part in their first joint exercise to simulate mock aerial combat with Navy aircraft from the USS George Washington (CVN 73) here June 16. The training mission involved four USS George Washington F/A-18 Hornets and four F-22 Raptors from the 525th EFS,