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  • 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

  • Airmen keep F-16's airborne during Balikatan 2009

    Through rain or scorching sun, U.S. Air Force maintainers stand ready to support fighter pilots here from the 56th Fighter Wing, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., during their participation in Balikatan 2009. Balikatan, which in English means "shoulder to shoulder," is an annual joint bilateral

  • Airmen spread goodwill during Balikatan 2009

    More than twenty Airmen participating in Balikatan 2009 witnessed the happy smiles of Filipino children during their visit to a schools and orphanage here April 24-25. The Airmen, from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., are participating in Balikatan 09. As part of the exercise, they helped spread goodwill

  • Airmen musicians hit road for tour of southern Japan

    The U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific-Asia's rock band "Pacific Trends" recently traveled to five cities in southern Japan to perform for the general public in each locale. The band, based here, consists of full-time professional musicians who strive to inspire both military and civilian audiences

  • KC-10s provide full-service aerial refueling during Red Flag-Alaska

    Imagine you are thousands of miles from nowhere and low on gas. Now for an additional fact, you're more than 20,000 feet in the air. What would you do? What could you do? Fortunately those who could actually find themselves in that situation have full-service aerial gas stations on standby when