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  • First solar-powered hydrogen plant in AF complete on Hickam

    A $1.1 million solar array project to power the base hydrogen production and fueling station was completed here May 8, marking a "first" for both the Air Force and the state of Hawaii. After about six weeks of installation, 810 solar modules can now produce 146 kilowatts of energy per hour -

  • Accept follow-on forces

    Editor's note: This is the second part in a three part series highlighting the 8th Fighter Wing mission, and what it takes of the men and women of the Wolf Pack to successfully complete that mission. The heart of the 8th Fighter Wing's very unique mission statement is to "Accept follow-on forces."

  • Yokota hercs move NEO exercise participants

    Members of the 374th Airlift Wing provided airlift, processing and billeting for 50 noncombatants May 15 during Courageous Channel 09-01, a semi-annual noncombatant evacuation operations or NEO, exercise. Yokota's participation in the exercise began when a C-130 aircrew flew to Osan Air Base,

  • B-2 aircrews complete Polar Lightning exercise

    Four B-2 Spirit pilots assigned to the 13th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron completed a 24-hour training mission after flying a 10,000-mile roundtrip flight to Alaska as part of the Continuous Bomber Presence here. The exercise, Polar Lightning, supports Pacific Command and Pacific Air Forces Command

  • Refueling Reservists deploy to Guam to support TSP

    More than 100 Airmen and four KC-135 Stratotankers from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., deployed here at the end April. The unit is assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron to support the Theater Security Package in the Western Pacific as part of the

  • Raptor squadron deploys to Andersen

    A contingent of 12 F-22 Raptors landed here May 13 completing the arrival of more than 200 Airmen from the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. The 525th EFS, commonly referred to as the Five-Two-Five, deployed here in support of Pacific Command's Theater Security Package