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  • AmericaFest preparations continue

    The 18th Wing is continuing preparations for AmericaFest here, the first one held in four years. Highlights from the 2008 open house will include aircraft static displays, performances by rock group Eve 6, fireworks, a kiddie land, and a variety of food vendors. The event will be a blend of cultural

  • PACAF command chief focuses on the Strategic Airman

    Pacific Air Force's top enlisted leader visited here June 2-7 to thank the men, women and families of Kadena Air Base for their service to the nation and to update the base on current command issues. Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Bishop spoke with Airmen about a variety of topics, including the role of

  • 96th EBS heads home, 20th EBS takes over operations

    The 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS) from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., and their B-52 Stratofortress bombers are scheduled to return home this week after completing a four-month deployment here. The aircraft, aircrew, support and maintenance members will be replaced by fellow Barksdale

  • 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