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  • 1st ASOG Airmen excel as PACAF's newest combat team

    Just eight months into being re-assigned to Pacific Air Forces, 1st Air Support Operations Group Airmen continue to demonstrate why they are one of the most requested combat support units in the Air Force. The 1st ASOG, headquartered at Fort Lewis, Wash., directs five squadrons and four detachments

  • Vietnamese, Indonesian officials visit Andersen for information exchange

    Members of the 736th Security Forces Squadron hosted Vietnamese and Indonesian officials for the Subject Matter Expert Exchange held here May 17-19. Col. Tran Van Thuan and Mr. Cu Huy Cuong from Vietnam and Maj. Agung Satya Wibowo and Capt. Tatiet Rodadi from Indonesia visited several sites around

  • Pacific Air Forces mourns loss of Airman

    Airmen here are mourning the loss of a Pacific Air Forces lieutenant killed in action on Wednesday during Operation Enduring Freedom. First Lt. Roslyn L. Schulte, 25, an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations officer assigned to the 613th Air and Space Operations Center, died May

  • 101 Critical Days of Summer to kick off

    Pacific Air Forces safety officials are striving for a third consecutive year without a fatality during this year's 101 Critical Days of Summer campaign. The campaign kicks off May 22 and runs through Sept. 8. This year's theme is "Play To Live, Live To Play." "The role of commanders, supervisors

  • Deployed RED HORSE units contribute to build-up of Northwest Field

    In a continuing effort to upgrade Northwest Field, deployed Rapid Engineers Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) Airmen are constructing three 5,000 square foot facilities to house equipment and prevent it from weather corrosion. The k-spans measure 20 feet tall, 63 feet

  • Kadena starts summer off right with Motorcycle Safety Day

    Kadena's motorcycle enthusiasts got a head start on the "101 Critical Days of Summer" with Motorcycle Safety Day May 18. The safety day was held to highlight safe riding practices and bring awareness of the growing concern for motorcycle safety in the Air Force not only to the riders, but to

  • Joint EOD team clears bombing range

    Once a year, 10,000 acres of land on the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range Complex Yukon training area must be cleared of old ordnance and munitions. If this task is not accomplished, any old unexploded ordnance and munitions on the range could cause a sympathetic detonation creating an unsafe environment

  • Combat Air Forces restructuring plan announced

    Pacific Air Forces will be accelerating the retirement of more than 40 aircraft as part of the service' s Combat Air Forces restructuring plan announced this week. The plan calls for moving up the retirement of many of the Air Force's oldest fighters, to include the F-15 Eagles assigned to Elmendorf

  • 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 -