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  • Americans recognized for rescue

    The Okinawa Police Station recognized an Airman from the 18th Component Maintenance Squadron and the spouse of an Airman assigned to the 18th Maintenance Operations Squadron Monday for their assistance in the rescue of an Okinawan girl and a local fisherman. Staff Sgt. John Robinson, an 18th CMS jet

  • Joint task force conducts emergency medical movement in Antarctica

    Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica provided a two-person medical team and C-17 Globemaster III to conduct an emergency medical evacuation Sept. 10 for a 56-year-old-male assigned to the National Science Foundation. The patient needed a cardiovascular evaluation and was deemed as too high a

  • Volunteers spruce up Stork's Nest

    The Stork's Nest at Camp Lester is getting a facelift thanks to The Friends of the Storks Nest and volunteers from Kadena Air Base. The Stork's Nest supports the U.S. Naval Hospital at Camp Lester and provides free, temporary housing for high-risk pregnant patients, parents of infants in the

  • Rainy air fest still draws crowd

    Rain did not stop nearly 70,000 spectators from visiting Sept. 7 for the air festival that displayed Japan Air Self-Defense Force and U.S. Air Force aircraft. Through the sea of umbrellas were displays of the F-2, F-4, T-4, F-16C Fighting Falcon, F-15C Eagle, E-3 Sentry (AWACS), KC-135 Stratotanker,

  • 20th EBS hones skill during KOA Lightning

    Two B-52 Stratofortress aircrews from Barksdale AFB, La., deployed here as part of the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, recently participated in the latest KOA Lightning exercise to demonstrate the U.S Air Force's global reach and global power capabilities.The Pacific Command's KOA Lightning

  • Vehicle maintainers get Snow Fleet ready for 50 below

    It's nearing winter in Alaska and every Iceman knows what that means: inevitable snowfall, sub-zero temperatures, ice fog and snowplows barreling around base clearing the flightline, roads and parking lots. Airmen of the 354th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance flight have been hard at