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  • Home You're Proud of Season kicks off

    Eielson's best-kept yards will be the focus of local inspectors during the "Home You're Proud Of" season. The program begins in June and continues through August with a grand prize winner in September. The program is designed to foster morale in our community and improve the appearance of our living

  • Air Force delivers 200,000 lbs of relief to China

    Two U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs landed here today carrying nearly 200,000 pounds of relief supplies in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck the region on May 12. Both C-17s were assigned to the 15th Airlift Wing at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.  Before 2005, C-17s were

  • Air Force delivers 400,000 short tons of relief to Burma

    HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii--A total of four Air Force C-130 Hercules have delivered almost 400,000 short tons of relief supplies to Burma as part of the ongoing U.S. relief efforts following Cyclone Nargis which devastated the coast of the Irrawaddy Divison, Burma, May 2. To date, the Air Force

  • Pacific Air Forces to deliver aid to China

    Pacific Air Forces Airmen are slated to deliver the first humanitarian aid May 17, to the Peoples Republic of China Sichuan province after an earthquake hit earlier this week. "The members of U.S. Pacific Command offer our sincere condolences to the citizens of the People's Republic of China who

  • U.S., Japanese forces join together for bilateral exchange

    Bilateral exchanges help enhance American and Japanese relations by strengthening the bond of fellowship and camaraderie. Such an exchange took place recently between members of the Misawa Japan Air Self Defense Force and U.S. Air Force members assigned to Misawa Air Base. "We've had bilateral

  • 18th Wing Comptroller named tops in DoD

    When it comes to dollars and cents, there are few better than Lt. Col. Stephen Kennedy, commander of Kadena's 18th Comptroller Squadron. Colonel Kennedy was recently named one of four comptrollers of the year in the Department of Defense by the American Society of Military Comptrollers. The honor

  • FTAC lends a hand for 'humanity'

    People need four things to survive in Alaska: food, water, clothing and shelter. Ten members of the First Term Airman Center volunteered to help provide one of these basic needs for under-privileged families. The FTAC NCO in-charge, the flight leader and eight students devoted 80 hours of off-duty

  • Arctic Warrior awarded DOD munitions honor

    The Department of Defense recently recognized an Airman here for significant contributions to the sustainment, beddown, and/or operational capability of AIM-9X for the 3rd Wing. Staff Sgt. Wayne Zuiderhof, 3rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron, was selected as the 2007 AIM-9X Cutting Edge Award winner