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  • Working dog team partners to secure Alaska's interior

    The Department of Homeland Security teamed up with the base here in an effort to keep the Fairbanks North Star Borough safer May 5. A Military Working Dog team, 354th Security Forces Squadron and an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, 354th Civil Engineering Squadron, swept the new wing of the

  • PACOM Senior Enlisted Leader Selected for Top Air Force Post

    Air Force officials announced May 8 that Chief Master Sergeant James A. Roy, currently the Senior Enlisted Leader and advisor to U.S. Pacific Command will be the next Chief Master Sergeant of the United States Air Force following a ceremony June 30. "I'm honored and blessed to be chosen as the next

  • Multinational medical assistance benefits Philippine communities

    Civilian and military medical specialists from Japan, Australia, Indonesia and Papua-New Guinea came together to provide much-needed care to a community here as part of the 2009 Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum Voluntary Demonstration of Response on Disaster Relief May 4. The

  • Nations work together to bridge community, provide clean water

    Civilians and military personnel from four countries are teaming up to improve the infrastructure and water supply here May 4-8 as part of the 2009 Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum Voluntary Demonstration of Response on Disaster Relief. ARF-VDR is an activity designed to prepare

  • Base defense not just security forces' job

    (Editor's note: This is the first part in a three part series highlighting the 8th Fighter Wing mission, and what it taks of the men and women of the Wolf Pakc to successfully complete that mission.)Defend the base ... accept follow-on forces ... take the fight north! These three simple phrases that

  • Explosive ordnance disposal chosen Air Force Team of Year

    The Explosive Ordnance Disposal career field was named Air Force Team of the year for 2009 for placing their lives on the line each day to protect others. The honor was bestowed on them by the Air Force Association, on recommendation from the Air Force's most senior enlisted leaders. Airmen from the

  • Idea earns maintainer big money

    A simple suggestion earned one Misawa maintainer $10,000 and saved the Air Force thousands more. Staff Sgt. Jerome Latham, an engine craftsman with the 35th Maintenance Squadron, suggested a technical order change to the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness program. His idea resulted in