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  • 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

  • New PACAF commander visits Kadena

    The new Pacific Air Forces commander discussed the delicate balance between combat readiness and taking care of the Airmen, as well as the budget and the importance of relations with Japan during a visit to Kadena Jan 25. Gen. Carrol "Howie" Chandler, who took command of PACAF in November, spent a

  • Airmen build mobile medical facilty

    If you were told the Air Force was going to build a fully functional hospital in a barren field in just 11 hours would you believe it? It happened at the Kona International Airport Jan. 29 as more than 90 Airmen, primarily from the 3rd Medical Group, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, set up an