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  • New course trains medical teams in Pacific

    Critical care specialists from the Air Force, Army and Navy will get important training on moving seriously ill patients in the Pacific theater at a course to be held here Sept. 29 through Oct. 3. Thirteenth Air Force's Theater Patient Movement Requirements Center- Pacific, the aeromedical

  • Partnership with New Zealand emphasized at air conference

    Partnership between the United States and New Zealand militaries is vital to meeting the security challenges of the Pacific region, according to the 13th Air Force commander while speaking at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Chief of Air Force Conference Sept. 23. Lt. Gen. Chip Utterback provided a

  • Summer safety campaign most successful in years

    Pacific Air Forces wrapped up the annual 101 Critical Days of Summer safety campaign with no reportable fatalities and an overall decrease of 20 percent in total ground safety mishaps from the same time last year. This year's campaign, themed "I Can Save My Own Life," was the most successful safety

  • CFC 'an installment plan for a better world'

    The Combined Federal Campaign, an annual workplace charity drive providing Team Andersen Airmen opportunities to donate to one or more of 2,400 causes, kicks off Oct. 1 here."One of the great things about the CFC is its variety," said Capt. Adam Rector, 36th Wing AFSO 21 project manager. "If a

  • Airmen search for MIAs, provide care in Laos

    A group of Kadena medical professionals are living up to the POW/MIA motto "you are not forgotten" and bringing medical assistance to those in need at the same time. Independent Duty Medical Technicians from the 18th Medical Group here routinely deploy with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command to

  • Eielson fire department gives back to local community through fundraiser

    The 354th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department spent valuable time to give back to the local community by dropping off Eielson donations Sept. 15 to the Fairbanks Rescue Mission. The Eielson firefighters hosted a clothing drive Aug. 7 to Sept. 7 for the Fairbanks Rescue Mission, a non-profit