June 14, 2006 Tanker Task Force Keeps Northern Edge Flying If drivers could fill up the car with gas without stopping, imagine how efficient driving would be. The monstrous Tanker Task Force (TTF) here provides efficient service to drivers in the air during Northern Edge, Alaska’s premier joint training exercise. Seventeen tankers and 12 total force units
June 14, 2006 Hawaii Airmen to deliver health care to Fiji Pacific Air Forces and 15th Medical Group Airmen left here on a health care mission to Suva, Fiji this morning. The team will train selected Fijian military leaders and participate in a humanitarian outreach program. “We’re going to be working with the Fiji Ministry of Health and Fiji School of
June 13, 2006 Arctic Warrior becomes Thunderbird When a six year-old little girl decided she wanted to become an Air Force pilot when she grew up, little did she realize that not only would her dreams come true, but she would also be chosen to fly for one of the world’s premier aircraft demonstration teams. Fast forward 24 years to the present day
June 12, 2006 Northern Edge aims for air, sea dominance “Our end result (of Northern Edge 2006) is to establish complete dominance in the air and at sea,” said Col. John Marselus, chief of the Joint Exercise Division, or JED, for U.S. Alaskan Command. The focus of the annual joint-service exercise is to prepare joint forces to respond to crises in the
June 12, 2006 Virtual 'heavies' key to Northern Edge simulations The days of deploying an E-3 Sentry and other command and control aircraft to military exercises may soon be a rarity. With a large crew and an aging airframe, airborne warning and control systems, or AWACS, are expensive to deploy for a two-week training opportunity. But thanks to powerful computer
June 9, 2006 Icemen save six mushers, 89 dogs from snowstorm As Sammy sat atop Eagle Summit in February, stranded due to a snowstorm centered on that leg of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, he may have wondered to himself, “How did I get myself into this mess, and more importantly, how am I going to get myself out?” Luckily, Iceman Team members
June 8, 2006 Air National Guard deploys to Kunsan; Three F-16 wings deploy to ROK for AEF assignment Elements of the 150th, 140th and 120th Fighter Wings from the New Mexico, Colorado and Montana Air National Guards respectively, have deployed here during the past week in support of their individual Air Expeditionary Force rotations. The ANG units, renamed the 186th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron
June 8, 2006 Red Horse squadrons unite in the fight Red Horse squadrons from around the globe are combining forces to improve the quality of life for military members and safety conditions for Airmen and aircraft in South Korea. Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers from Osan’s 554th RHS have worked closely with Guard,
June 8, 2006 Air Force prepares for Valiant Shield Airmen from 10 bases will join three Navy carrier strike groups, elements of a Marine Corps aircraft wing and the Coast Guard for one of the largest joint exercises in the Western Pacific June 19-23. Called Valiant Shield, approximately 22,000 U.S. military personnel, 30 ships and 280 aircraft will