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  • New experimental equipment enhances Airmen capabilities

    It's not uncommon for a Tactical Air Control Party Airmen, navigating through miles of rugged terrain, to carry close to a hundred pounds of equipment in order to call in an air strike. In fact, it is their mission to advise Army commanders about that capability and use of air power to enhance

  • Airmen prepared to give more

    Airmen aboard a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules made history when they made the delivery of United States humanitarian relief supplies to the storm-ravaged country of Burma May 12. Cyclone Nargis tore through Burma's southern region May 2, reportedly killing more than 30,000 people. "Hundreds of

  • Kunsan hosts peninsula-wide weapons load competition

    The 8th Fighter Wing hosted a peninsula-wide weapons load competition May 10. A total of four teams competed in the event. The teams competing were from the 35th and 80th Aircraft Maintenance Units here, the 36th Aircraft Maintenance Unit at Osan, Air Base and the Republic of Korea Air Force's 38th

  • 1st pilot in 18th AGRS marks 2,000-hour milestone

    The 18th Aggressor Squadron's first pilot to reach a career hallmark flew his 2,000 hour in the F-16 May 7. "Two-thousand hours in the F-16 was an important goal for me," said Maj. Gene Cassingham. "I've been blessed to stay in the cockpit since 1995." Major Cassingham is now the fifth pilot on

  • Aggressors support Northern Edge air operations

    "We are the bad guys. We are the 'Aggressors'," said Tech. Sgt. Gary Pursley, flightline expeditor, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit of the 18th Aggressor Squadron. Sergeant Pursley along with the rest of the Airmen in the 18th AMU play an important role in Northern Edge 2008, an annual joint-training

  • First C-130 crew provides humanitarian assistance to Burma

    A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules loaded with emergency relief supplies touched down at Rangoon International Airport in Burma May 12 in support of national disaster relief efforts following Tropical Cyclone Nagris that swept through Burma May 2. An aircraft was loaded with 8,300 bottles of water, two

  • Air Force prepares to render aid to Burma

    ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - About 45 members of the 36th Contingency Response Group (CRG) took a seven-hour flight to Utapao Air Base, Thailand, to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Burma. Published reports indicate more than 100,000 people were killed after a cyclone caused massive

  • Thai, U.S. forces train together at Teak Torch

    The language of friendship forged through any communication barriers as the Royal Thai Air Force and the U.S. Air Force did an exchange training here recently. About 130 members from the 353d Special Operations Group based here traveled to Udon Thani Air Base, Thailand, for Exercise Teak Torch. "The

  • Providing CAS during Northern Edge

    Shortly after coordinates were relayed to the pilots and infrared heat markers were deployed emitting a discreet optical beacon, F-16s passed over an unsuspecting convoy, deployed ordnance, and neutralized any possible threats. What appeared to be a malicious air raid was actually a training