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  • Mail flowing to the ice

     With winter flights to Antarctica beginning less then a week ago Detachment 4, Pacific Air Forces Air Postal Squadron has been busy with Operation Deep Freeze 2007-08. For more then five months they have collected 14,000 pounds of in-coming mail for personnel who have wintered over and who are

  • Are you medically ready to fight?

    Being medically ready is a critical part to deploying. Members from the 18th Medical Group are tasked with reviewing medical records of Airmen getting ready for deployment. "Our goal is to look through the records and see who are medically ready to fight," said Tech. Sgt. Demetria Geldziler, 18th

  • Getting the Cargo Downrange

    Just like Airmen, equipment on aircraft heading downrange must go through processing lines and be properly documented and prepared. The 733rd Air Mobility Squadron joint inspection team is there to ensure this happens. Along with 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron's Cargo Deployment Facility, the

  • Deployed servicemembers experience Korean culture up close

    Clanging, banging and thumping were the sounds of this air base's tent city Aug. 20 as deployed U.S. servicemembers experienced traditional Korean culture. Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines deployed here in support of Ulchi Focus Lens 2007 got a first-hand feel for traditional Korean attire and

  • Stratofortresses test operational skills in Koa Lightning

    Deployed B-52 bombers and aircrews demonstrated the Air Force's global reach and global power by participating in the latest Koa Lightning exercise this week Aug. 21 through 23. The 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., flew 18 hours non-stop from Guam to

  • Air Force officials announce 2008 force-shaping plans

    Air Force officials recently announced plans to meet the 2008 fiscal year end-strength of 328,600, which calls for a force reduction of about 5,400 officers and enlisted members through normal attrition, retirement or force-shaping measures. The reductions are in line with Air Force efforts to