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  • C-17 revolutionizing logistics in Antarctica

    McChord Airmen assigned to the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron supporting Operation Deep Freeze completed the first operational C-17 Globemaster III airdrop to the Antarctic Gamburtsev Mountain Province Nov. 26. Thirty bundles of fuel and other supplies were delivered to a scientific camp in

  • 18th Wing earns four PACAF safety awards

    The 18th Wing Safety office earned four Pacific Air Force Safety Awards for fiscal year 2008 and has been nominated for seven Air Force-level awards. Awarded annually, the PACAF safety awards recognize safety programs around the command for their dedication to safety and mishap-free

  • 44th Fighter Squadron trains with JASDF in Hokkaido

    Pilots and maintenance personnel from the 44th Fighter Squadron and 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit arrived at Chitose Japan Air Self-Defense Force Base in Hokkaido Dec. 8 to participate in bilateral training with the JASDF 2nd Air Wing. Throughout the week, the Airmen will work side-by-side with

  • 18th Aggressor Squadron starts winter road show

    Ten jets, 28 operations personnel and about 100 maintainers of the 18th Aggressor Squadron left between Saturday and Monday for Hickam AFB, Hawaii, to provide adversary training and support to the 199th Fighter Squadron and the Hawaii Air National Guard F-15s. This is their first stop in their

  • Airmen help bring "Magic of Ice" to Guam

    Airmen deployed to Andersen Air Force Base are contributing their time off to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity at Guam's first "ice" skating rink until Christmas Eve. The rink, which is a part of "The Magic of Snow and Ice," is located in the Guam Premier Outlets, and costs 5 dollars per person,

  • Operation Christmas Drop box build complete

    After 55 years running, Operation Christmas Drop is the Air Force's longest running humanitarian airlift mission and is still going strong. This year marks the 56th annual Operation Christmas Drop.With only days left until boxes are delivered to the small Islands of Micronesia, last-inute donations

  • Dec. 7 veterans gather at Hickam AFB

    Several World War II veterans of the Hickam Field attack on December 7, 1941, and their families, gathered here over the weekend to be part of Air Force Remembrance ceremonies. Lou Roffman was a young technical sergeant assigned to the 31st Bombardment Squadron as a B-17 flight engineer. He

  • Deployed Warbirds participate in Australian Aces North exercise

    Airmen deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, recently participated in the Australian Aces North exercise with the Australian Fighter Combat Instructor Course, which ended Dec. 4. The Aces North exercise is the capstone of the FCIC, which is the Australian equivalent of the U.S. Air Force

  • 1,000 cranes of luck

    Throughout the months of November and December youth from the Teen Center and School Age Services programs here have been working to make 1,000 paper origami cranes. "The goal of the project is for us to send 1,000 paper cranes to Hiroshima to be placed on a monument there," said Shawna Vitarbo,