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  • 434th ARW deployment comes to close

    More than 110 Airmen and four KC-135 Stratotankers from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., completed a four-month deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as the 506th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, in support of Pacific Refueling Operations, May 1. KC-135s have been routinely deployed here

  • Fly, fight, win: Red Flag-Alaska pilots

    The flight plans have been filed; the mission briefs have been completed. Now it's time for the key players in a multi-national force to come together to fly, fight and win. During Red Flag-Alaska, United States military pilots and coalition forces are provided the opportunity to train jointly more

  • Force Support Squadron takes on RF-A

    Approximately 1,400 U.S. and foreign military members have arrived for Red Flag-Alaska 09-2. The amplified workforce calls for additional support to provide basic needs and the 354th Force Support Squadron has willingly answered the call. "Red Flag-Alaska brings an increased number of military

  • 18th Civil Engineer Group leads award-winning unit

    Every civil engineer unit thinks they are the best, but only one can say 'we are the best' - when they are awarded the coveted Society of American Military Engineers Curtin Award. This year the 18th Civil Engineer Group earned that honor. A small group of representatives and Brig. Gen. Brett

  • Airmen provide more than 1 million gallons of drinkable water to island

    Six Airmen from Pacific Air Forces arrived here Feb. 4 to cure the island's contaminated water supply, which was ruined due to unusually high tides. According to water plant operator Greg Heffner, unusual weather around the Pacific region caused six irregular high tides to flow across Roi-Namur and

  • Pacific Air Forces advises Airmen on H1N1 flu outbreak

    Pacific Air Forces officials are urging Airmen, civilian personnel and family members to practice good health habits to help prevent the spread of H1N1. "The key to avoiding this is to practice good hand washing and basic public health measures," said Col. Sean Murphy, PACAF command surgeon general.

  • Aircrew participates in Japanese sea review

    Seven U.S. Coast Guard flight crew members aboard an HC-130 Hercules Long Range Surveillance Aircraft demonstrated their unit's capabilities for Japanese Coast Guard leaders and the citizens of Tokyo April 26 during an annual sea review and comprehensive drill in Tokyo Bay. Lt. Cmdr. Brust Roethler,

  • Team effort impacts Red Flag-Alaska

    Similar to a combat environment, Red Flag-Alaska gives its exercise participants a chance to work alongside their sister services and NATO partners, promoting teamwork and esprit de corps. The Red Flag-Alaska life support section is just one example of how a joint effort can make the mission