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  • Trading places: EOD, weapons load swap jobs

    Airmen from the explosive ordnance disposal flight and weapons load crew section swapped jobs here June 23 and 25. The exchange provided the Airmen a chance to tour each other's facilities, use their equipment and learn about one another's daily duties."This opportunity allows us to see what else

  • Victim Advocates lend helping hand

    During a feedback session, he was told to start looking for volunteer opportunities. Soon after, he received an email about a program asking for volunteers; he applied without knowing what he was getting into. Suddenly, the 20-year-old Airman found himself a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response

  • Diamond in rough: Airman's recovery from haunted past

    Growing up, many of his childhood nights were spent staring through a gaping hole in his bedroom ceiling. He didn't know how it got there, but sometimes it served as a pleasant escape from the surrounding chaos. It gave access to the wide open Oklahoma sky and he positioned his mattress in the

  • Airman returns home to Nepal earthquake

    When Senior Airman Manoj Khatiwada was asked to join a team of Pacific Air Force Airmen traveling to Nepal to assist the government with relief operations following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, he was filled with mixed emotions."Returning to Nepal for this mission was an emotional moment for me. I

  • PACAF SAPR training focuses on victim response, changing culture

    Headquarters Pacific Air Forces members participated in sexual assault and prevention response training April 28 here as part of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month in April.The training focused on proper victim response and changing the Air Force climate toward sexual violence."The theme

  • Brothers in arms fly together

    Members of the U.S. military oftentimes have relatives that serve alongside them, and this is the case for the Allen brothers, who were recently reunited at Exercise Max Thunder 15-1 in the Republic of Korea.U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jarrod Allen, an F/A-18 Hornet pilot stationed at Marine Corps Air

  • Kadena Air Base unites together to 'Take Back Night'

    Voices shatter the silence of the night. The sharp piercing sound of cowbells and clappers echoes through the streets. A voice booms over the loudspeaker of a patrol car as marchers are illuminated by headlights and streetlights. Signs held proudly, they chant."Yes means yes! No means no! However we

  • Wolf Pack Day: A day for resiliency

    The 8th Fighter Wing took a day to focus on the strategic importance of resiliency here, March 16, during what is now officially called, Wolf Pack Day.The morning began with a wing-wide "fun run" to not only foster unity but camaraderie amongst the wing. Airmen from all units across base, including