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  • Able to fight, equipped to defend

    With today's military operations tempo, many Americans picture military members deployed and the news tends to report on what servicemembers bring to the fight in locations like Iraq, Afghanistan and other far-off lands. But while the United States' men and women in uniform uphold freedom on foreign

  • 18th AGRS's Soviet kitsch gets them into bad-guy role

    The walls are decorated with old Soviet Union propaganda, urging admirers of the art to note a "Glory to the Soviet People--The Creator of Powerful Aviation", and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics flags with the infamous hammer and sickle graphic are spread throughout the building. However, these

  • 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