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  • Misawa hosts visiting F-15s for war games

    The 14th Fighter Squadron has taken the saying, "When the cat's away ..." to the next level in the absence of Misawa's Panther Squadron. Members here joined with a team of pilots from the 67th Fighter Squadron, out of Kadena Air Base Japan, to play in a unique aerial combat exercise Seikan War,

  • Kadena rescue squadron heads back to Afghanistan

    Less than three months after returning from a deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, a Kadena unit is deploying back. The 33rd Rescue Squadron, which flies the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to conduct combat search and rescue operations, is heading back to

  • Joint team works to improve care in Nauru

    Life is unique in the world's smallest island nation -- the tiny South Pacific island of Nauru. It sits just slightly south of the equator, so most of the day is uncommonly hot. Electricity flows in a given facility for no more than 12 hours a day; it comes on for about six hours at a time on the

  • Elmendorf, coalition forces hone skills at RED FLAG-Alaska

    One minute, you're listening to an Airman via video teleconference who is briefing you on today's threats. A short time later, you're in a C-17, skimming the tree tops of the rugged Alaska terrain, preparing to drop equipment to forces on the ground. This is just another day at RED FLAG-Alaska. RED

  • Yokota aircraft flies with no discrepancies

    A C-130 Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron received not one, but two black letter initials prior to take off, July 20 and 21, thanks to the Airmen of the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) and the aircraft depot yard in Singapore. A black letter initial in an aircraft's active