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Airman keeps serving after overcoming rare cancer
"Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back." -- Maximus. This quote from the movie “Gladiator” rings powerful and true to Tech. Sgt. LaPaul Williams, who said, "I don't believe death is to be feared." Williams, a 5th Air Support Operations Squadron fighter duty technician stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer.
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1/10
2016
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Aircraft with a cold shoulder
While the roads and parking lots on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, have snow plows clearing the way, global ground-support aircraft deicers clear aircraft for the skies.
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12/10
2015
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Radar upgrades ensure situation awareness
A Battle Management program to improve Air Force long-range radar systems recently reached full operational capability when all long-range sites were certified and deemed effective.
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10/21
2015
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Eielson engine shop ensures routine care, maintenance for F-16s
The 3,830-pound General Electric F110-GE-100 engine and the hundreds of parts that support the turbofan system present an enormous job for the 20 Airmen responsible for rebuilding it.
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10/17
2015
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The voice of the victims
Power: the strength to make a decision. Control: the means to carry it out. These things are the currency of freedom, and what are robbed from sexual assault victims.
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10/13
2015
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Cut Training keeps maintenance mission moving
The 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron has created a program called Cut Training to train Airmen from different maintenance career fields to perform crew chief tasks and keep the mission going.
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10/13
2015
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Families mark 20 years since tragic loss of AWACS crew
On Sept. 22, 2015 -- 20 years after Yukla 27's final flight -- more than 150 friends and family members gathered in a frigid Alaska morning, having flown in from all over the world to honor the 24 crew members lost that day.
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9/29
2015
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EOD aids remote civil officials in dynamite disposal
Three explosive ordnance disposal Airmen from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, were dispatched 78 miles to lend support to a volunteer fire department and Alaska State Troopers Sept. 20.
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9/22
2015
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Japanese forces jump from US aircraft for first time in Red Flag-Alaska history
A C-130 Hercules assigned to the36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan, became the first U.S. aircraft to drop Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members onto U.S. soil, during Red Flag-Alaska Aug. 12.
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8/20
2015
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Maintenance, munitions Airmen blow doors off Red Flag-Alaska
One unique aspect of Eielson Air Force Base is its seasons; it only really has two seasons: Red Flag-Alaska season, and RF-A preparation season.
The Airmen at the 354th Maintenance Squadron's munitions flight know this very well.
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8/18
2015
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