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  • Six countries converge for PACANGEL Papua New Guinea

    A six-nation Pacific Angel 15-4 team arrived June 1 in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.The Pacific Angels -- doctors, dentists, plumbers and planners from Papua New Guinea, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Indonesia -- tumbled out of trucks in Goroka, a town

  • Wolf Pack welcomes the Lobos

    The 8th Fighter Wing relies on more than two thousand permanently assigned Airmen to carry out its mission.On May 14, the Wolf Pack welcomed more than 250 South Dakota National Guard from the 114th Fighter Wing, Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. They are deployed here as the 175th Fighter

  • Friends through fire

    Firefighters from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron and Japan Air Self-Defense Force participated in a joint fire training exercise May 26 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. This bilateral training opportunity ensured the 374th CES and JASDF firemen are able to work in sync with one another if they should

  • Operation Sahayogi Haat cargo download passes 4 million pounds

    The Nepal army, in partnership with Airmen from the 36th Contingency Response Group supporting Operation Sahayogi Haat, has offloaded more than 4 million pounds of cargo from 80 aircraft since arriving at the Tribhuvan International Airport here May 5."Four million pounds of cargo is the most amount

  • Nepalese army, JTF-505 treat victims after 2nd earthquake rattles Nepal

    U.S. service members assisted government of Nepal and U.S. Agency for International Development officials with providing medical care for earthquake victims at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 12.U.S. Airmen, Marines and Sailors transported, triaged and provided minor

  • Nepal, USAF combine efforts to conduct critical runway repairs

    Airmen and Nepalese officials worked together to repair the runway at the Tribhuvan International Airport here May 9 through 10.Airmen with the 36th Contingency Response Group attached to Joint Task Force-505 and members of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal teamed up to conduct necessary repairs

  • JBER personnel at Exercise Balikatan help construct schools

    Philippine, U.S. and Australian forces joined barangay, meaning village in Filipino, communities including San Rafael, Santa Lourdes and Sabang to turn over brand new school buildings to elementary and high schools during exercise Balikatan 2015 April 28 and 29.This year marked the 31st iteration of

  • PAF marks milestone, integrates with U.S. Air Force AWACS crew

    For the first time in Philippine Air Force history, PAF air battle managers controlled aircraft while airborne by integrating with the U.S. Air Force's 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron as part of Exercise Balikatan 2015.Five PAF air battle managers have flown in the AWACS each day since the