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  • Kadena aircraft evacuate to Andersen

    Typhoon Man-Yi, Okinawa's first typhoon this year, skirted Guam last week, hitting Okinawa and Andersen's Pacific Air Forces sister base, Kadena, Friday, July 13 forcing a pre-landfall evacuation of its larger aircraft. "Our [initial] assessment of the storm was that it was very powerful," said

  • Step it up in fitness classes

    "And one, and two, and a one, two, three, four!," shouts Carrie Lauck, as she instructs a step class at the Coral Reef Fitness Center. Step class is an aerobics-style cardiovascular class that uses a step or raised block so one is constantly using their legs to step up and down. This class increases

  • Distraction and task saturation

    Ladies and Gentlemen, this week as we enjoy the mid-point of summer, I want to remind you of some simple actions that could save your life. As I opened my safety files this morning, I was extremely saddened to see that we (Air Force) lost four Airmen recently to preventable accidents--11 total thus

  • F-16s exercise defending Guam airspace

    Airmen from the 522nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, assigned here, took part in a quick-reaction exercise last week requiring them to respond to potential threats and provide assistance to the Federal Aviation Administration if called on to do to. This exercise allowed for jets to scramble,

  • Andersen Fear Factor

    Fear Factor the actual show one sees on television has some outrageous stunts. Andersen has its own version of Fear Factor and the stunts are just as outrageous. This event is now an annual event and had its debut event just last year here. On June 14 contestants competed in an obstacle course set

  • Civil engineers hone wartime deployment skills

    Airmen from the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron participated in a week-long exercise here this week to better ready themselves for future deployments. During the exercise, the civil engineers simulated and responded to a chemical and biological attack, practiced self aid and buddy care scenarios,

  • Ask Joyce: What role does its pre-liberation history play in its culture?

    The taotaomonas (first people) were people of simplicity and resiliency on a lush island yet undiscovered by outside civilization. They survived on fish caught near shorelines and reef flats. They had gardens of root starches such as taro (in Chamorro it is "suni."), yams ("gaddo" and "dagu"), rice

  • Kadena aircraft evacuate to Andersen

    As Typhoon Man-Yi, Okinawa's first typhoon this year, moves across the Pacific, its current path will pass over Okinawa according to base weather officials. "Right now it should hit the island sometime Friday morning with upwards of 125-knot winds gusting to 75 knots," said Capt. Jonathan Wilson,

  • Civil engineers hone wartime-deployment skills

    Airmen from the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron participated in a week-long exercise to better ready themselves for future deployments here this week. During the exercise, the civil engineers simulated and responded to a chemical and biological attack, practiced self aid and buddy care scenarios,

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