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  • Returning home to Saipan: Airman aids in typhoon recovery

    When Typhoon Soudelor struck the small island of Saipan recently, the storm hit close to home for one of Andersen Air Force Base’s own.   Senior Airman Louie Lacsina, 36th Mobility Response Group air transportation specialist and Saipan-native, deployed along with five 36th Contingency Response

  • Yokota soars at RED FLAG-Alaska

    A C-130 Hercules with the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force lands on an austere runway used for training during RED FLAG-Alaska at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2015. The training allowed C-130 aircrew to practice austere landings and take offs, combat offloads and supply drops,

  • Kadena Airmen deepen friendship with local students

    Kadena Language Institute students pose with volunteers from the 18th Wing for a group photo after a culture exchange at Kadena Rotary Plaza, Japan, Aug. 14, 2015. Ten volunteers participated with the institute to clean the neighborhood as part of a community relations event while also conversing

  • RED HORSE Airmen lend helping hands to Philippines community

    Airmen from the 554th RED HORSE Squadron here helped complete a humanitarian assistance project July 30 in the Philippines in support of the State Partnership Program. Eight members from Andersen Air Force Base, along with the Hawaii Army National Guard, Guam Army National Guard and Armed Forces of

  • Building smiles: Ammo hosts children's visit

    Airmen from the 35th Maintenance Squadron munitions flight welcomed 45 children from the Shichinohe Children's Home to an afternoon of fun-filled activities here July 25. Organized by Staff Sgt. Dominic Gauna, 35th MXS NCO in charge of munitions flight plans and scheduling, the three-hour event was

  • CGs help protect Yokota

    They're the first sight people see when they enter Yokota. They scan common access cards and wish visitors a good day or smile when those visitors attempt broken Japanese. Personnel typically see these men guarding the gates, but few probably know what else they do. CGs are Japanese nationals who

  • Tour enhances US-Japan relations

    Aircrew members with the 459th Airlift Squadron take seats in an OH-1 Omega helicopter at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2015. The OH-1, which was part of a static display hosted by Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, is the first helicopter designed and manufactured in Japan. (U.S. Air Force

  • Airmen help South Korean students experience American culture through food

    As part of a cultural exchange opportunity, students from Cheonan High School recently spent a few hours of their afternoon July 10 trying more than 25 different kinds of American snacks. Before the students began the feast, they watched a quick video of American students in Tennessee partaking

  • US, Aussies conduct joint refueling for Talisman Sabre 2015

    In support of Talisman Sabre 2015 exercise operations, members of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) No. 33 Squadron conducted in-air refueling for U.S. and Australian fighters July 13 in the skies above the North Australian coast.A variety of U.S. and Australian F/A-18 Hornets, Super Hornets and

  • ROK, U.S. military leaders meet during 2015 Air Boss Conference

    Senior leaders from the U.S. and Republic of Korea air forces meet during the 2015 Air Boss Conference on Osan Air Base, ROK, July 17, 2015. The annual conference, hosted by the commander of the Air Component Command, is a bi-lateral forum between U.S. and ROK forces under the combined forces aegis