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  • U.S.-Thai Airmen have a heart for handicapped children

    Servicemembers presented more than $1,300 in supplies to help Panyahukul Handicapped School students at a community outreach event during Cope Tiger, a multilateral joint and combined field training exercise in Korat, Thailand, March 18.The school staff welcomed U.S. and Royal Thai Air Force Airmen

  • Air Force officials launch accountability system for personnel in Japan

    Air Force officials have activated the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System, or AFPAAS, to monitor the status and location of all personnel and dependents residing on the island of Honshu, Japan.Officials are asking commanders and their commander representatives, or CORs, to

  • Memorial service set for Kadena Airman

    A memorial service for Tech Sgt. Bounmy Sayavongchanh  is scheduled for Thursday at 3 p.m. in Chapel 1. Sergeant Sayavongchanh died near the northern Okinawa city of Nago in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident Saturday, March 19.He was assigned to the 18th Component Maintenance Squadron.

  • Kadena Airman killed in motorcycle accident

    An Airman assigned to Kadena died near the northern Okinawa city of Nago in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident Saturday, March 19.Tech Sgt. Bounmy Sayavongchanh, of the 18th Component Maintenance Squadron, was pronounced dead at Hokubu Hospital at 2:33 p.m. Saturday."We in the Component

  • Special ops group resupplies Sendai

    Airmen form the 353rd Special Operations Group delivered releif supplies to Sendai Airport and resupplied their forward deployed forces with much-needed supplies and personnel March 19.The Airmen have been working around the clock at Sendai Airport since members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron

  • 44th Fighter Squadron participate in Operation Cope Tiger

    Cope Tiger is a multilateral, combined and joint -command post exercise, and a field training exercise involving the United States Air Force, the Royal Thai Air Force, the Royal Thai Army, and the Republic of Singapore Air Force. The exercise is designed to improve U.S., Thai and Singaporean

  • New sea condition standards commence April 1

    New sea condition standards, scheduled to begin April 1, are expected to better assist water enthusiasts in making informed decisions when planning ocean water activities. The new standards were necessary as the current information and categories are too complex and confusing for beachgoers -

  • Combined rescue crew delivers relief supplies

    A combined crew of rescue Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, 33rd Rescue Squadron and 31st Rescue Squadron, all deployed from Kade delivered food, water and medical supplies to Kessenuma City from Yokota, Air Base, Japan, March 20 in support of Operation Tomodachi.Kessenuma City

  • Bio techs test for toxins near Tokyo

    Among the typical crews for disaster relief in mainland Japan, is an atypical crew. Amid concerns for the environment, and because Yokota Air Base is 143 miles south of the atomic energy plants that were damaged during the earthquake and tsunami, a two-man team from the 18th Aerospace Medicine

  • Last members of JGSDF's 15th Brigade arrive in mainland Japan via Kadena

    The last of more than 100 Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel, as well as 60 vehicles and pieces of equipment, departed Kadena Air Base today bound for Yokota Air Base near Tokyo.The movement of these JGSDF's 15th Brigade started Wednesday night with a C-17 from the Royal Australian Air Force