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  • 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Best in PACAF

    By focusing on readiness, mission accomplishment and efficiency, Kadena's 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron earned the 2008 Pacific Air Force Maintenance Effectiveness Award for medium-sized squadrons. The award recognizes mission accomplishment, effective use of maintenance resources, innovative

  • Tops In Blue entertain the ROK

    Tops in Blue made a special appearance to the Republic of Korea  (ROK) Armed Forces Dec. 19 to help celebrate the group's 60th anniversary. The visit was part of the 2008 World Tour titled "Deja Blue" where 37 members of the Air Force's premiere entertainment group performed for over 700 ROK Air

  • Air Force Senior Enlisted Aide Best in DOD

    The senior enlisted aide to the commander of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) was recently named the Department of Defense Enlisted Aide of the Year, the first for the Air Force, Nov. 19 during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. After being recognized as the best in the Air Force, Master Sgt. Craig Duclos

  • PACAF centralizes fit testing

    Airmen across PACAF will soon see a change in their fitness testing procedures as the command moves to centralize all fit testing under base health and wellness centers by March of 2009. After receiving feedback from across the command, Gen. Howie Chandler, Pacific Air Forces commander, directed the

  • Harlem Globetrotters give Andersen a show

    The Harlem Globetrotters may have begun as sideshow entertainers at Savoy Ballroom in Chicago in 1926, but they have grown to represent a worldwide phenomenon. The world-famous Globetrotters visited Andersen Air Force Base, toured operations, conducted a sports clinic and a played an exhibition game

  • F-22As scheduled to deploy to Japan, Guam

    The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to deploy two contingents of F-22A Raptors to the Pacific theater in January 2009 for approximately three months. Current plans call for 12 of the fighters to deploy to Kadena Air Base, Japan, from Langley Air Force Base, Va., and another 12 to deploy to Andersen Air

  • Alaska Brass unleashes holiday cheer on Guam

    The U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific's Alaska Brass kicked off its tour of Guam with a one-hour performance at the Base Exchange Dec. 15. "I thought the Alaska Brass visit was incredible," said Senior Airman Chloe Rainey, 36th Medical Operations Squadron medical technician from the women's health