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  • Hurlburt soccer team scores big in Texas

    While most relaxed and enjoyed the Presidents' Day weekend, Hurlburt's varsity soccer team traveled to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, for the 6th Annual Defenders Cup Military Open Soccer Tournament. The tournament, a three-day affair, guarantees each team three games and a knockout stage where

  • Command chief takes closer look at Pacific Air Commandos

    For an up-close look at what the Pacific Air Commandos are accomplishing, the command chief for Air Force Special Operations Command traveled to Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 11-20. Chief Master Sgt. Michael P. Gilbert, AFSOC command chief, visited the 353rd Special Operations Group at Kadena Air Base,

  • Pacific Air Commandos complete exchange training

    Philippine air force members and Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group, based at Kadena Air Base, Japan, exercised together Feb. 1- 15 during joint combined exchange training, titled Balance Piston. The 15-day JCET brought the Americans and Filipinos together during planning events,

  • Anthrax vaccine mandatory again

    The Department of Defense's anthrax vaccine immunization program becomes mandatory for the Air Force again March 19. The Air Force's implementation plan includes mandatory vaccinations for active-duty Airmen who deploy to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility or South Korea for at least 15

  • Personnel claims now just a click away

    The Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps is consolidating the processing of certain claims, commonly known as personnel claims, at a single location in Dayton, Ohio. These claims involve loss or damage during shipment of household goods and privately owned vehicles as well as during storage at

  • AFSOC Airman killed in helicopter crash

    Tech. Sgt. Scott E. Duffman, 32, of Albuquerque, N.M. was killed in a MH-47 helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Sunday. Of the 22 coalition personnel on board Sergeant Duffman and seven others were killed while 14 were injured when the helicopter crashed. They were supporting Operation Enduring

  • Deployed physician assistant gets Purple Heart from Gen. Moseley

    An Airman who survived an improvised explosive device attack in December isn't likely to forget that moment - or the one when he was presented a Purple Heart by the chief of staff of the Air Force Feb. 4. Capt. Kevin Fischer, deployed from the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, is a physician