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  • 13th EBS completes first Polar Lightning exercise

    13th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron Airmen deployed here recently completed the first Polar Lightning exercise of their deployment. Four B-2 Spirits and Airmen from the 13th EBS are deployed here from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., as part of a regularly scheduled Air Expeditionary Force rotation of

  • National Guard augments Misawa maintenance

    In late February, maintenance Airmen from the Air National Guard left the United States for a unique mission here. Their task: to help the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, faced with manning shortages, recover and maintain F-16 Fighting Falcons returning from Joint Base Balad, Iraq. "Because the

  • Maintainer volunteers time at deployed hospital

    For deployed Airmen, there are a number of activities to fill any free time they may have. Some sign up for online classes, some hit the gym, and others relax by playing poker or watching movies. One Misawa maintainer decided he wanted to do something more meaningful with his free time and get more

  • PACAF warriors provide medical, dental care to hundreds in Thailand

    Members from medical groups all over the Pacific Air Forces teamed up with Thai and Singaporean medical teams to provide much needed health care to the underprivileged in Thailand. Dental and optometry teams dedicated their time and skills setting up a make-shift clinic at the Barr Lum Nong Kaew, a

  • Hickam Veteran reaches for the past, bids farewell to friends

    He ran a trembling hand over the words, "PFC Jack W. Fox." Then stood up, stepped back and rendered a long, slow salute. "He was a great soldier," said Henry Heim, Hickam Airfield attack survivor, as he glanced at the memorial with tears in his eyes. "I knew the other guys, every one of them, but he

  • Key Resolve optimizes communication

    The key to success in Key Resolve/Foal Eagle, a peninsula-wide exercise, is communications. Despite some language barriers, the key players conduct the air and space portion of KR/FE smoothly from the Hardened Tactical Air Command Center here. "We may have all the technology in the world, but

  • Air Force wows crowds at airshow down under

    About 100 Airmen from across the Air Force recently flew 'down under' to represent the U.S. military and demonstrate aircraft capabilities at the 2009 Australian International Airshow March 13-15. Airmen from Air Combat Command, Air Mobility Command, Air Force Reserve Command and Pacific Air Forces

  • Elmendorf officials mourn loss of Airman

    Elmendorf Air Force Base officials will hold a memorial service this week to honor an NCO killed at 12:30 a.m. March 15 supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Eastern Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Timothy Bowles, 24, was killed when his vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device while on a