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  • Hickam implements VPP

    In an effort to ensure base employees evaluate their practices and increase workplace safety, Hickam leadership implemented the Occupational Safety and Health Administration sponsored Voluntary Protection Program whose goal is to preserve combat power by decreasing workplace injuries or illnesses,

  • HAWC oversees centralized PT testing

    The Air Force is taking a new approach to physical training. All PT testing will be centralized through some form as stated in a recent newsletter from Gen. Howie Chandler, Pacific Air Forces commander. A December 2008 Air Force audit, which was held at 13 Air Force Bases with Elmendorf being one,

  • Evacuation exercise kicks off ORI

    Airmen from the 8th Fighter Wing entered the final stretch toward April's Operational Readiness Inspection when the Non-combatant Evacuation Operation inspection kicked off, March 6. Twenty United States citizens and five third country nationals simulated evacuating during the two day inspection.

  • Deputy Chief of Chaplains visits Kadena

    During a visit to the Air Force's largest combat wing, the Air Force Deputy Chief of Chaplains took time to praise Airmen for their service and remind them of their noble calling. Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) David Cyr shared food and conversation with the Shoguns during this year's National Prayer

  • Kadena Military Working Dog team saves lives in Iraq

    A Kadena Airman and his military working dog recently returned from a four-month deployment to Baghdad where they saved lives by locating improvised explosives and weapons caches. Staff Sgt. Joseph Branch, a 10-year Air Force veteran from the 18th Security Forces Squadron, and Nemo, his

  • Misawa families cook up friendships with Japanese women

    Misawa families here opened up their homes and kitchens to more than 80 Japanese women March 4. The women, members of the Tohoku Health and Diet Improvement Program, toured the base and visited residents' homes as part of a cultural exchange. "The Tohoku Health and Diet Improvement Program

  • Wolf takes KNP Chief for a ride

    The 8th Fighter Wing commander literally took Gunsan's Korean Nation Police Chief for a ride here March 4. Colonel J.D. "Wolf" Harris, invited Kim Myung Jung to Kunsan Air Base to familiarize him with the Wolf Pack mission and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Kunsan's Pilot for a Day program brings local

  • Kadena Deploys F-15s and personnel to Thailand for Exercise Cope Tiger

    The 18th Wing deployed 12 F-15 Eagles and about 170 Airmen to Thailand Monday to participate in exercise Cope Tiger 2009 from March 9-20. The F-15s from the 44th Fighter Squadron here will fly alongside their Thai Air Force counterparts as well as the Singaporean Air Force and other U.S. Air Force,