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  • Andersen fire fighters train like they live

    Three years ago a B-1 Lancer from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota landed on the flight line at Andersen with the right main landing gear engulfed in flames. The landing gear on this $231 million aircraft was in serious condition upon landing and by the time the fire was extinguished, the

  • Forecasters, pilots partner for mission success

    An armada of aircraft is one of the elements that makes the 18th Wing the largest combat wing in the Air Force and a provider of unmatched air superiority in the Pacific. But none of those aircraft can get off the ground without knowing about a critical piece of information...the weather. The task

  • Top Japanese airlift commander visits Combined Air and Space Operations

    A top leader from the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force visited the Combined Air and Space Operations Center here Feb. 9. Colonel Chiyohiro Akamine, commander of the Iraq Reconstruction Support Airlift Wing, met with senior leaders at the operations center to discuss Japan's involvement in coalition

  • 51st SVS prepares for Hennessy

    The 51st Services Squadron's Food Service Flight will put their best foot forward when the 2008 Air Force Hennessy Evaluation Team visits Feb. 19 through 22 for the annual Air Force-level competition. The John L. Hennessy Award is presented to the Air Force installation with the best food service

  • Base exercises NEO/Safe Haven operations

    Misawa personnel were given the opportunity to practice noncombatant evacuation operations here during an exercise Feb. 12-14. As part of the exercise, more than 300 noncombatants were evacuated from Base X to Misawa Air Base, where they received some much needed aid before repatriation to the