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  • EOD facility named in honor of fallen member

    In the presence of family, friends, and other military servicemembers, the 15th Civil Engineering Explosive Ordnance Disposal facility was dedicated here today in memory of one of their very own. SrA William "Will" Newman was 23 and on his 98th combat mission when a projectile he was recovering

  • Osan gets new M-50 masks

    Osan Airmen began receiving their new M-50 protective masks, replacing the MCU 2 protective mask, during a mass re-issue process June 9. The M-50 mask is one of the latest initiatives in fielding "joint" equipment, according to Tech. Sgt. Peter Garcia, 51st Civil Engineer Squadron's readiness

  • General Chandler Letter: Leadership and Accountability

    MEMORANDUM FOR ALL PACAF PERSONNEL FROM: PACAF/CC 25 E Street, Suite G-214 Hickam AFB HI 96853-5420 SUBJECT: Leadership and Accountability 1. This week, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates nominated Michael Donley to serve as Secretary of the Air Force, and General Norton Schwartz to serve as Air

  • Strike Eagles roar above the Pacific

    Eighteen F-15E Strike Eagles and more than 400 Airmen from the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, arrived here as part of a scheduled air expeditionary force rotation to help maintain deterrent capabilities in the Pacific. The rotation of the 389th EFS, or

  • Wing medics train with Thai counterparts

    Medics assigned to the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron returned here May 31 after participating in an aeromedical evacuation exercise in Bangkok, Thailand with the Royal Thai Air Force as part of a humanitarian assistance mission. The 18th AES trained with the RTAF during the 13th Air

  • Wing units take on Red Flag

    Aircrews from the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron departed Kadena Air Base Tuesday on their way to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska to participate in the second Red Flag exercise this year. The air controllers joined other Kadena units including the 909th Air Refueling Squadron and the 44th