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  • Air Force Med-Techs Diagnose, Solve Equipment Problems for Vietnamese

    While USS Peleliu's (LHA 5) embarked medical staff has been conducting numerous medical and dental civic action programs (MED/DENCAPs) throughout the Da Nang region, a small team of Air Force technicians have been working behind the scenes to contribute to Pacific Partnership's medical mission as

  • Motorcycle club rides benefit Red Cross

    The recently-formed Eielson chapter of the Green Knights Motorcycle Club recently raised $3,687 for the American Red Cross of Alaska Saturday. The Eielson chapter roared across Interior Alaska in its first event, the 58-mile Ride for Red. Founded in 2000 at McGuire Air Force Base, N. J., the GKMC

  • Civil engineers hone wartime deployment skills

    Airmen from the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron participated in a week-long exercise here this week to better prepare themselves for future deployments. During the exercise, the civil engineers simulated and responded to a chemical and biological attack, practiced self aid and buddy care scenarios,

  • New radar system bolsters F-15 fleet

    Kadena recently received six F-15C Eagle aircraft upgraded with one of the most advanced radar systems in the world--version 2 of the Active Electronic Scanned Array System, or v2 AESA. More upgraded aircraft will arrive here by the end of the fiscal year as part of a program called "Golden

  • Air National Guard Squadron Mobilized for Deployment

    Thirty-one Alaska Air National Guard members from the 168th Security Forces Squadron, stationed here, will begin a 10-month mobilization and deployment Saturday in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. This is the squadron's second mobilization since 2001 after previous deployments to Qatar and

  • Tankers keep fighters fighting at Red Flag-Alaska

    In the skies above Iraq and Afghanistan, a tanker is always ready to provide in-flight refueling to another aircraft in need. At Red Flag-Alaska, an air combat exercise in the Last Frontier, that same ever-ready tanker presence allows the fighters to focus on fighting. Red Flag-Alaska is a

  • Yokota Airmen aid Japan after earthquake

    Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing flew Amabassador J. Thomas Schieffer, U.S. Ambassador to Japan and Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright, U.S. Forces Japan commander, to Niigata Prefecture July 18 for the delivery of supplies to victims of an earthquake that shook the northwest side of Japan July 16. The C-130