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  • 13th FS participates in Eglin air-to-ground WSEP

    The13th Fighter Squadron "Panthers" roared into Florida last week to participate in two 53d Wing Weapon System Evaluation Programs commonly known as Combat Archer and Combat Hammer. The 13th FS from Misawa Air Base, Japan, was the first F-16 group to ever complete back-to-back WSEPs held

  • Contingency medical team one-stop shop for wounded

    This different mix of functions acts as care providers, travel agents, hospital logisticians and mental health providers. Simply put, in a deployed location, it is a one-stop place for wounded military to leave the combat zone. The Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility is a grueling, manual labor

  • Deployed AWACS aircrew overcome unique challenge

    E-3 Sentry aircrew members deployed here in support of Exercise Cope Tiger 2008 performed a quick turnaround and still completed a mission on time Feb. 3.A rare challenge, the E-3 was flying a mission during the exercise's Large Force Employment (LFE) when the KC-135 of the 909th Air Refueling

  • Cadre at Pacific Lifeline teach HUMRO concept

    The Republic of Moku is a fictitious Pacific island chain, but during exercise Pacific Lifeline it is home to real-world training as more than 90 medical Airmen assigned to Pacific Air Forces practice how to deploy and provide critical services following a natural disaster.Assisting them is a

  • Eating well in tent city

    Airmen and Soldiers living in tent city are eating well thanks to active-duty and Air National Guard Services specialists from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and Kadena Air Base, Japan. Deployed to the Kona International Airport, the Services team set up a single pallet expeditionary kitchen to feed

  • PACAF Airmen combat-train with Thailand, Singapore

    Aircraft from Pacific Air Forces began flying combat sorties here Feb. 1 alongside its ally nations Thailand and Singapore, in support of Exercise Cope Tiger 2008.The PACAF aircraft and those from the Royal Thai Air Force and the Republic of Singapore Air Force are participating in the four-day

  • Command cell ensures communication flow

    Six Reservists from the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron ensured the timely set up of command and control cell for exercise Pacific Lifeline in Hawaii Jan. 26 to Feb. 9. The Reservists make up the Aeromedical Command Cell which provides command and control for aeromedical forces to include