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  • Kadena warrior wins SERE NCO of the Year award

    As warfighters, Air Force members are trained in many areas of combat skills ranging from self-aid and buddy care to chemical warfare. However, pilots, aircrews and personnel considered, “high risk of capture” are given extra training unique to their jobs by a small group of individuals. These individuals make up the 325 members of the Survival,

  • Air Ops Center wraps up Valiant Shield play

    Nearly 2,000 sorties later, the Kenney Headquarters’ Pacific Air Operations Center team, assembled to orchestrate air operations for Valiant Shield, called it good. “We had a very successful exercise,” said Major Paul Hahn, KHQ PAOC Combat Operations Division. “This was a great opportunity to practice joint interoperability with our Navy

  • Last Block 10 Global Hawk arrives for check flights

    An RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle, the last Block 10 production aircraft, arrived here for a thorough checkup before delivery to an operational squadron. The aircraft will undergo a series of acceptance and operational check flights by the 452nd Flight Test Squadron before flying to Beale Air Force Base, Calif., to take its place as a

  • Senior U.S., Japanese enlisted leaders take bilateral education to new heights

    Lining the front row of a packed house, nine Japan Air Self-Defense Force senior enlisted leaders took part in their first-ever U.S. Air Force First Sergeant Symposium here, as part of a bilateral exchange milestone. Fifty-eight U.S. and Japanese senior noncommissioned officers participated in academics and training June 19-23 to learn how to take
  • Tech. Sgt. Albern Warren checks on the progress of an abrasive water-jet cutter while cutting metal for an aircraft part on Friday, June 16. Sergeant Warren is assigned to the 3rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron metals technology shop at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alan Port)

    Technicians cut AFSO 21 in to processes

    Imagine for a moment you are the proud owner of a very rare model car. It is luxurious, very sporty, very expensive, and only a handful exist in the entire world. Now imagine you need to make repairs or get a part to fix it. It could be very difficult to find and costly to buy parts. What do you do? The 3rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron’s Metals

  • Air Force active in Valiant Shield '06

    Exercise Valiant Shield began this week and is largest joint exercise in the Western Pacific. Over a 290 aircraft, three carrier strike groups and approximately 22,000 U.S. military personnel are participating in the exercise. Valiant Shield focuses on intergraded joint training among U.S. military forces while responding to a range of mission
  • A B-2 Spirit bomber from the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, is refueled by a KC-10 Extender on Thursday, June 8, during Exercise Northern Edge 2006. B-2 pilots left Guam, completed a sortie at a training range approximately 4,500 nautical miles away in Alaska, and returned -- a 9,800 nautical-mile round trip lasting more than 24 hours. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Strang)

    B-2s stay in shape with exercises

    The 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron has spent the past three weeks refining the skills necessary to maintain the B-2 Spirit, one of the world's most advanced weapon systems. During exercises Valiant Shield, continuing through June 23, and Northern Edge, which ran from June 5 to 16, B-2 aircrew members executed long-duration missions and
  • ELMENDORF AFB, Alaska -- Crew chiefs with the 12th Aircraft Maintenance Unit here secure an F-15 fuel tank after reconfiguration of its fuel quantity during Northern Edge. This annual exercise, which concludes June 16, is one of a series of U.S. Pacific Command exercises in 2006 that prepares joint forces to respond to crises in the Asian Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Garrett Hothan) (RELEASED)

    Air crew provides proven support for pilots

    From hydraulic fluid leaks to servicing the struts on an F-15C Eagle, the 12th Aircraft Maintenance Unit’s trade has been essential to mission accomplishment and pilot safety during Northern Edge 2006. The maintainers at the 12th provide daily up-keep and maintenance on 16 F-15s to prepare them to fly in different warfare scenarios during the joint
  • Santa Rita, Guam (June 19, 2006) – Lt. Oscar Rojas, Operations Officer, Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit Five explains the functions of a remote detonator to Maj. Gen Loyd Utterback, USAF Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force 519 and Rear Adm. Zhang Leiyu from the People’s Republic of China before detonation of ordnance that was placed within Apra Harbor by EODMU Five. Dignitaries from Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and Singapore were present during this demonstration. The group also observed demonstrations by Naval Special Warfare Unit One and Mobile Security Squadron Seven during their tour. The thirty three foreign dignitaries are currently here to observe the U.S. Pacific Command exercise Valiant Shield 2006 which involves approximately 22,000 Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Soldiers and Coast Guardsmen, one of the largest joint-military exercises in the Pacific in more than a decade. (U.S. Navy photo by PH2 (AW) John F. Looney)

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  • Exercise highlights Raptor synergy, joint capabilities

    The final mission flies today at Northern Edge 2006, but the majority of the results are already in, and success is the buzzword from Alaska. During the two-week joint service exercise, several scenarios have proven that the interoperability and integration between American assets are stronger than ever. “Alaska’s aerial ranges and airspace provide
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