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  • 555th FS members return to the "Wolf Pack"

    After being away for years, the 555th Fighter Squadron reunited with the 8th Fighter Wing's "Wolf Pack" during the squadron's deployment to Kunsan Air Base Tuesday. The 555th FS's lineage to the "Wolfpack" dates back to 1966 when the 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron moved to Ubon Air Base, Thailand

  • Kadena Airman donates bone marrow

    A Kadena Airman recently gave someone a second chance at life. Lt. Col. Joseph Coogan, 18th Wing Safety chief, recently flew to Washington, D.C., to donate his bone marrow to a leukemia patient. His journey began two years ago at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. "I gave blood at a blood drive while I

  • Kadena NCO takes 2nd in U.S. Racquetball Championships

    A Kadena NCO recently took second place in the U.S. National Singles Racquetball Championships held in Houston, Texas. Tech. Sgt. Shaun Stone, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron, joined the Air Force Varsity Racquetball Team for the second time to compete in the tournament, which drew 700 players

  • 79 graduate from NCO Academy

    Seventy-nine graduates from the NCO Academy Class 07-4 received their diplomas here June 8, after six weeks of classroom instruction. The diploma's symbolize the next stepping stone in each NCO's career as they transition to higher leadership roles. Among the graduates a set few stood out from the

  • Andersen runway reopens

    After nearly two years of construction aimed at improving mission capability and safety at the "Tip of the Pacific's Strategic Triangle," a new and improved $24 million runway re-opened here Monday. Brig. Gen. Doug Owens, 36th Wing commander, flew the first F-16 sortie over the waiting crowd as the

  • Wolf Pack Warrior Mourned

    The Wolf Pack mourns its first Wolf, Brig. Gen. Robin "Wolf" Olds who passed June 14 from congested heart failure. This triple ace fighter pilot who shot down 16 enemy aircraft during World War II and Vietnam will be remembered for a variety of heroic acts, his true leadership and being the founder

  • Marijuana nets Airman bad conduct discharge

    An Airman here was recently sentenced to a bad conduct discharge, four months confinement and reduction to Airman Basic for using marijuana. In a special court martial June 12 Senior Airman Dale D. Hayes Jr., 18th Civil Engineer Squadron, pleaded guilty to one specification of using marijuana and

  • F-2 makes live bomb debut during exercise

    "Hands-on" took on real meaning for members of the Japan Air Self Defense Force as F-2 support fighter pilots dropped the first live weapons from the fighter here June 13 as part of Exercise Cope North. As there is no live range in Japan, the F-2 pilots used this opportunity to practice with live