Airmen graduate Air Assault course with Soldiers
Three Airmen graduated the Army Air Assault course here May 11, after 11 days of grueling training. Of an original five Airmen from the 647th Security Forces Squadron from Joint Base Pearl...
View ArticleEnemy spotted, bring in the choppers
The objective was clear, the enemy had been identified and the platoon had been ordered to conduct an air assault in hopes of taking control over the opposing force. A few miles out, the Soldiers of...
View ArticleCollaboration eliminates explosive risk, preserves endangered tree
The discovery of two World War II era bombs at Northwest Fieldat Andersen Air Force Base launched the formation of a cohesive team whose work culminated in the successful detonation of the ordnance May...
View ArticleControllers step it up a notch during Northern Edge
Every two years, the U.S. Pacific Command exercise Northern Edge brings nearly 150 aircraft together to hone pilots' aerial combat skills over the skies and waters of Alaska. The largest exercise in...
View ArticleMarines keep an eye on the sky in Alaska
Marine Air Control Squadron One, from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., recently ventured to Alaska for the first time to participate in the U.S. Pacific Command exercise Northern Edge 11. The...
View ArticleNSF to Evacuate Ailing Antarctic Worker - Air Force Aircraft is in New Zealand
The Air Force-led Joint Task Force - Support Forces Antarctica is coordinating a medical evacuation effort to bring home a seriously ill National Science Foundation government contractor from...
View ArticleSilver Flag prepares Airmen, Sailors, Marines for contingencies
Six days of intense training culminated in a field exercise here June 28 for more than 120 Airmen, Sailors and Marines during Silver Flag 11-06. Civil Engineer and Force Support Airmen from Kadena and...
View ArticleTotal Force Airmen successfully MEDEVAC Antarctic worker
Utilizing night vision equipment and navigating around volcanic ash hazards, a C-17 Globemaster III and crew from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, alongside aeromedical evacuation and Critical...
View ArticleJoint forces partner with Mongolians, others conducting Pacific Angel
Pacific Angel-Mongolia is a new phase of a combined humanitarian assistance operation that is led by the 13th Air Force out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. This is the fourth year of...
View ArticleJoint, combined team make first-ever Pac Angel - Mongolia a success
As part of the first Pacific Angel operation in Mongolia, U.S. Air Force and Mongolian Army military engineers work side-by-side with local contractors to repair and renovate a clinic for Mongolian...
View ArticleMilitary nurses foster relationships in Thailand
Members of the military nursing community in the Pacific region gathered at the Pullman King Power Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand on Aug. 1 for the start of the five-day 2011 Asia Pacific Military Nursing...
View ArticleAirmen join Soldiers, community to spruce up park
Airmen from the 354th Fighter Wing and the 168th Air Refueling Wing at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska joined Soldiers from Fort Wainwright and members of the local community for the 11th Annual...
View ArticleEielson medics overcome challenges during Operation Pacific Angel - Mongolia
In a deployed environment, military medical professionals must be prepared to do their job with available resources to make sure people get the help they need. Several Airmen from the 354th Medical...
View ArticleUS civil engineers, RCAF improve road and clinic
Having access to a clinic for immediate care is something most people take for granted. But when patients couldn't get care from the clinic here due to a washed out road from large amounts of water,...
View ArticleRED HORSE team rides in for Ulchi Freedom Guardian
Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2011 augmentees from across the globe arrived at Osan Air Base to find a tent city already set up by the 254th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron...
View ArticleChallenge blending AF, Army security at joint base successfully met
More than 10 months after the former Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson merged to form Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson; the 673d Security Forces Squadron is running on all cylinders. Air...
View ArticlePacific Unity 11-4 refurbishes Vietnamese clinic
In support of Engineering Civic Action Program (ENCAP) Pacific Unity 11-4, U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, Gulfport, Miss., and U.S. Air Force Reserve Airmen from the...
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