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  • Global health security an emerging issue

    Five years ago when a mysterious and fatal respiratory illness spread throughout Asia, an increasingly worried public feared going outside. Economies suffered in the wake of decreased tourism and loss of consumer confidence. Scientists worldwide worked around the clock to discover the cause of the

  • Yokota transfers to new hazardous material tracking system

    Yokota will be the second base in Pacific Air Forces to transition to a new hazardous material tracking system when the Enterprise Environmental Safety and Occupational Health Management Information System becomes fully operational at the end of July. The new system, called EESOH-MIS, replaces the

  • Tuskegee Airman dies

    Retired Lt. Col. Charles Dryden, 87, one of the famed "Tuskegee Airmen" who broke the military's color barrier by becoming a World War II fighter pilot, died June 24 in Atlanta. Colonel Dryden was born Sept. 16, 1920, in New York City to Jamaican parents. He graduated from Peter Stuyvesant High

  • Air Force medics join USNS Mercy mission

    Twenty eight Air Force medical personnel from across the Pacific region are currently spending some time on the open sea as they participate in Pacific Partnership 2008. Alongside other public health/preventive medicine professionals from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Public Health Service,

  • Osan Post Office best in Air Force

    What started with the Pony Express' 1,966-mile long delivery route between St. Joseph, Mo., and Sacramento, Calif., ended with Osan's post office being named "Best in the Air Force." Earning this honor holds special meaning for the 32 highly-skilled Airmen and civilians responsible for providing

  • Berlin Airlift reminds us of American might

    This month marks 60 years ago since our Air Force set out to deliver hope to Berlin -- a city of 2.5 million citizens -- blockaded by the Soviets beginning in June 1948. The prospects of successfully supplying the people of Berlin by air alone seemed dim. "Operation Vittles" delivered food, coal and