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  • African elephant finds new home courtesy of Air Force

    As the sun crested over the foothills of San Andreas, Calif., and the compound's gate opened, she knew she was home. Maggie, the Alaska Zoo's only elephant, arrived at the Performing Animals Welfare Society's (PAWS) ARK 2000 Wildlife Sanctuary Nov. 2, exiting her crate some 15 hours after leaving

  • Joint Spouses Conference a Success

    More than 300 spouses from all branches of the military attended the 2007 Joint Spouses Conference (JSC) at the officers' club here. The conference kicked off on Oct. 19 with an introduction by Irene Torres, 2007 JSC director Torres, followed by a prayer delivered in both Hawaiian and English by

  • Wolf Pack Airmen receive training on Korean Airliner

    When Korean Airliners fly into Gunsan City Airport they use the runway of the base. In order for the base to be prepared in cases of emergencies Airmen from the 8th Civil Engineering fire department and 8th Medical Group received emergency operations training Oct. 29 here. Base emergency services

  • 25th Air Operation Support Squadron trains at Pohakuloa Training Area

    Tactical air controllers from the 25th Air Support Operations Squadron practiced and honed their skills calling in air strikes for B-2 Spirit stealth bombers during a week long training session as part of Exercise Koa Lightning. As battlefield Airmen, tactical air control party members, or TAC-Ps,

  • Bulldogs take on Raptors: 3rd Wing activates second F-22 squadron

    The 3rd Wing at Elmendorf Air Force Base activated the 525th Fighter Squadron "Bulldogs" during a ceremony at the base Monday. The second active-duty F-22A Raptor squadron took its place in wing history nearly three months after the aircraft officially landed on base. Lt. Col. Chuck Corcoran assumed

  • B-2s train with JTACs, drop bombs on training range

    The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber deployed here practiced weapons drops in the Pohakuloa Training Area on the big island of Hawaii Oct. 23. But these bombing runs were a little different than the aviators simply using the Spirit's state of the art targeting system to slam the ordnance right where they

  • 14th FS exercises with JASDF at Hyakuri

    Approximately 80 personnel and five F-16s deployed to Hyakuri Air Base Oct. 14-19 to participate in disimilar training with the Japanese Air Self Defense Force. The 14th Fighter Squadron, in cooperation with two F-15 squadrons from the JASDF 7th Wing, demonstrated bilateral interoperability and