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	United States Pacific Air Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) is one of nine United States Air Force major commands and one of two located outside the continental United States, the other being United States Air Forces in Europe.
		PACAF is the air force component of United States Pacific Command.
		This is further divided into the Wings of each Air Force, their headquarters and a summary of each wing's aircraft.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces (216 words)

	Air Pacific - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Air Pacific is the international airline of Fiji and is based in Nadi.
		Air Pacific began service to the USA in 1983.
		Air Pacific is owned by the Fiji Government (51%), Qantas (46.3%) and the governments of Kiribati, Tonga, Nauru and Samoa (1%).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Air_Pacific (261 words)

	Factsheets : Pacific Air Forces : Pacific Air Forces
		Pacific Air Forces, with headquarters at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, is one of nine major commands of the U.S. Air Force and is air component of the U.S. Pacific Command.
		FEAF was subordinate to the U.S. Army Forces Far East and served as the headquarters of Allied Air Forces Southwest Pacific Area.
		Andersen was reassigned from Strategic Air Command in 1989, and 11th Air Force became a part of the command in late 1990.
	www.af.mil /factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=164 (922 words)

	Air Force Times - News - More News.
		The first Air Force C-17 Globemaster to be based outside the continental United States is set to arrive Feb. 8 at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii.
		Pacific Air Forces commander Gen. Paul Hester is expected to fly the transport from the C-17 plant at Long Beach, Calif., to Hickam.
		The C-17 is anticipated to be the first of eight Globemasters assigned to Hickam and flown jointly by Pacific Air Forces’ 15th Airlift Wing and the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing.
	www.airforcetimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1519903.php (204 words)

	Andersen Air Force Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Andersen Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force on the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean.
		The base, located on the north end of the island approximately 15 miles (24 km) from the capital, Agana, is home to the Pacific Air Forces, 36th Wing.
		Andersen Air Force Base traces its roots back to the early days of World War II when a forest area at the northern end of Guam was turned into what was then known as North Field.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andersen_Air_Force_Base (441 words)

	GuamPDN.com \| The Pacific Edge - Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		FEAF, which was subordinate to the U.S. Army Forces Far East, served as the headquarters of all the allied air forces in the Southwest Pacific.
		By 1945, three numbered air forces - 5th, 7th and 13th - were supporting operations in the Pacific as part of the largest and most powerful military organization ever fielded by any country in the world.
		All air forces in the Far East and Southwest Pacific were placed under one Air Force commander for the first time.
	www.guampdn.com /guampublishing/pacificedge/data/EpAEAZkAylPZrDJfxb.htm (888 words)

	Air Force Times - News - More News.
		Airmen of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces are among the more than 5,000 American service members deployed to the Philippines to help with rescue and recovery operations after a mudslide on Feb. 17 all but buried a small farming village on the southern island of Leyte.
		Some of the American troops, including those of the 36th Contingency Response Group, Anderson Air Base, Guam, were in the region in preparation for the bilateral exercise Balikatan.
		The 36th CRAG includes the 736th Security Forces Squadron and the 36th Mission Readiness Squadron; the squadrons arrived at Clark Air Base, the Philippines, in early February to help set up for Balikatan.
	www.airforcetimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1547418.php (181 words)

	Air Force Magazine
		At present, much of the Air Force’s attention is focused on Guam, the 30-mile-long tropical island situated in the Western Pacific, roughly 3,500 miles west of Hawaii and 1,200 miles east of the Philippines.
		The Air Force thinks Guam has great potential as a staging area for combat forces, though none have been permanently based there since 1990, when a B-52 wing, moved there during the Vietnam War, was inactivated.
		The Air Force has enhanced some of its aircraft facilities to be able to withstand the severe storms that frequently sweep through the area.
	www.afa.org /magazine/July2004/0704airpower.asp (3745 words)

	GuamPDN.com \| The Pacific Edge - Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii — A one-year transformation of command and control of air, space and information operations in the Pacific ended here recently as 13th Air Force officially began operations as a component numbered air force headquarters and welcomed a new commander.
		Previously designated as a management headquarters, 13th Air Force is now one of 10 organizations designed to enhance the operational level support, planning, command, control and execution of air, space and information operations capabilities across the full range of military operations throughout the U.S. Pacific Command's area of responsibility (minus the Korea theater of operations).
		The unit is also directly responsible for two Air Force wings, the 15th Airlift Wing, also located at Hickam, and the 36th Wing at Andersen Air Force Base.
	www.guampdn.com /guampublishing/pacificedge/data/EEypZkuZppOFgnIcss.htm (464 words)

	Numbered Air Forces Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Following World War II this air force was involved in air defense and reserve training and concentrated entirely upon air defense in the latter 1960s and again after 1985.
		Neither the Air Field Forces nor the Air Force, Alaskan Defense Command, were legitimate War Department establishments and must be classified in the same category as provisional units, although the term "provisional" was never used in connection with them.
		The new air force drew its operational forces from existing air forces in the European and Mediterranean theaters and commenced combat operations the day after it was formed.
	www.maxwell.af.mil /au/afhra/rso/numbered_airforce_index.html (4679 words)

	Pacific Air Forces - USAF.com
		Pacific Air Forces, headquartered at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, is one of eight major commands of the U.S. Air Force and is air component of the U.S. Pacific Command.
		The command ensures that Air Force units in the region are properly trained, equipped and organized to conduct tactical air operations.
		In Japan, U.S. air operations are controlled by 5th Air Force; for the Northern Pacific, by 11th Air Force; in South Korea, by 7th Air Force; and in the Southwest Pacific region, by 13th Air Force.
	www.usaf.com /orgs/24.htm (906 words)

	U.S. Air Force AIM Points: Pacific Air Forces commander General Paul Hester on island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Air Force General Paul Hester is on island to preside over the change of command ceremony tomorrow for the commanding officer of the 13th Air Force.
		At that time the commander of Pacific Air Forces said the Air Force was weighing a number of different options when it came to the utilization of Andersen Air Force Base in the future.
		General Hester says the Air Force has been looking to make the move for a while and that in order to accomplish the longer tours the Air Force needed to provide adequate schools, medical facilities, and the ability to visit family stateside.
	aimpoints.hq.af.mil /display.cfm?id=337 (459 words)

	Canadian Pacific Air Lines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Canadian Pacific Air Lines, also called CP Air, was a Canadian airline that operated from 1942 to 1987.
		GrantMcConachie, CP Air's first president, still managed to secure flights to Amsterdam, Australia and Hong Kong which helped grow the airline's revenue from $3 million in 1942 to $61 million by 1964.
		While this was a condition thatwas pressed by CP Air for a long time, it now scrambled to upgrade its fleet and prepare for increased competition to the tune of$1 billion.
	www.therfcc.org /canadian-pacific-air-lines-123208.html (338 words)

	United States Air Force - US-WARs.com - about the wars of the USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Department of the Air Force consists of the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), the Air Staff, and field units.
		The Air Staff primarily consists of military advisors to the CSAF and the SECAF.
		The ASETF is the Air Force presentation of forces to a COCOM for the employment of Air Power.
	us-wars.com /airforce.html (815 words)

	Begert assumes command of Pacific Air Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prior to PACAF’s activation, command of Air Forces in the Pacific was the responsibility of the Far East Air Forces.
		As the assistant vice chief of staff of the Air Force, Begert was responsible for the organization and administration of the Air Staff, served as deputy chairman of the Air Force Council, and was the Air Force accreditation official for the Corps of Air Attachés.
		The general graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1968 and served as an instructor and evaluator pilot in C-141 and C-5 aircraft early in his career.
	www2.hickam.af.mil /newsarchive/2001/2001066.htm (784 words)

	Review: Army Air Forces Pacific (DVD)
		Release by Rare Aviation on DVD format, it is recommenced for anyone interested in seeing film of the US Army Air Force in the Pacific.
		The film tells the story of American air power in the Pacific, with footage from New Guinea, Burma and Central Pacific, and the story of both bombing and combat support missions.
		Likely filmed at the end of the war, the film includes views of Okinawa and even General Dolittle's arrival to assume command of the redeployed 8th Air Force to the Pacific.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /reviews/aaf-pacific.html (125 words)

	PACAF Sweeps Three Coveted Air Force Awards
		Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, and Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, each won their category of the Hennessy competition, which recognizes the two best food services programs in the Air Force.
		The installation excellence award recognizes the outstanding efforts of the people who operate and maintain Air Force installations and who have done the best with their resources to support the mission.
		They improved their security forces central security control facility and revamped the base entry gates to improve security at a base located in the middle of what Secretary of State Madeline Albright called one of the most dangerous areas in the world.
	www.seabeecook.com /today/news/cook0094.htm (688 words)

	Air Guard
		With the exception of the Air Headquarters, each of the operational units is gained by the Pacific Air Forces.
		The involvement of Air Guard members, in their communities, is central to their connection with their neighbors.
		Alaska Air Guard leaders continue to look for niches and opportunities to provide service and support within the State of Alaska, for the Pacific Air Forces and the Defense community.
	www.ak-prepared.com /dmva/97report/Air_Guard.htm (708 words)

	Air Forces, named
		Assigned to 26th Air Division July 1, 1963; to Goose Air Defense Sector Sept 4, 1963; to 37th Air Division Apr 1, 1966; to 21st Air Division Dec 31, 1969; to Aerospace Defense Command Oct 1, 1975; to Tactical Air Command 1, Oct 1979; and to Air Combat Command June 1, 1992.
		Air defense of the eastern portion of the USA was the primary mission of this named air force.
		When the USAF Special Air Warfare Center became too large and cumbersome for center status, it was elevated to a named air force.
	www.aerofiles.com /usaf-named.html (908 words)

	Cooperative COPE THUNDER: Asia-Pacific Air Forces In Alaska
		U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles fly in formation in the expansive Alaskan airspace during exercise Cooperative COPE THUNDER.
		More than 1,200 air force personnel from Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States took part in the flying exercise 13-24 July at Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases, Alaska.
		The goal of the exercise, sponsored by U.S. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), was to give regional air forces an opportunity to hone their skills in as realistic an environment as possible.
	forum.apan-info.net /spring99/ct1.html (855 words)

	Space Support Vital To U.S. Success In Pacific
		Paul V. Hester, Pacific Air Forces commander, sports a lei during his briefing on Space in the Pacific during the National Space Symposium April 7 at the Broadmoor Hotel.
		Communication is a fundamental service space professionals provide in the region and the need for it on the battlefield is critical said General Hester echoing a recent statement from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers.
		Air Force Space Command's Director of Air and Space Operations, Maj. Gen.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/milspace-05r.html (753 words)

	PRESS RELEASE Yokota Air Base Becomes the First Base in the Pacific Air Forces to Deploy AtHoc IWSAlerts for ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This deployment in the Pacific is the latest in a series of deployments at bases in other Air Force Major Commands.
		The Air Force is dedicated to tight security at all of its bases to protect personnel and valuable assets, with particular attention paid to bases located outside the continental United States.
		The U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Air Force, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Boeing, eBay and Juniper Networks are some of the world-class organizations that have selected and deployed AtHoc for their critical enterprise notifications needs.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=122369 (892 words)

	Wednesday, July 4, 2001
		William J. Begert expects Pacific Air Forces to continue to influence stability in the Pacific region.
		Next year, 75 percent of Air Force aircraft will be 20 years old or older, Department of Defense officials say.
		Now Air Force personnel are given a 15-month forecast of upcoming deployments, giving families more stability.
	ww2.pstripes.osd.mil /01/jul01/ed070401d.html (1101 words)

	Ceremony Christens First C-17 in Pacific Air Forces
		HICKAM Air Force BASE, Hawaii - The first of eight C-17 Globemaster III cargo jets arrived here Feb. 8 for its christening and Hawaiian blessing before a crowd of spectators and distinguished visitors from the local and military communities.
		The arrival of the C-17 marks many firsts for the Air Force, including the first C-17 squadron created from scratch, the first non-continental U.S. C-17 base and the first strategic airlift wing for PACAF.
		“The U.S. Air Force and United States at large is going to benefit from the partnership between the 15th Airlift Wing and the 154th Wing.”
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,87536,00.html (563 words)

	U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Robert Altenbernd Master Sgt. Nancy Altenbernd - DefendAmerica News Article
		Senior Master Sgt. Robert Altenbernd is the 2005 Air Force First Sergeant of the Year, and his wife, Master Sgt. Nancy Altenbernd, received the 2004 Air Force Outstanding Security Forces Support Staff Level Noncommissioned Officer award.
		Hester said he knows the importance of Air Force families and knows how it takes teamwork in the home and in the office to get the mission done.
		The sergeants said they understand the importance of each specific role they play, whether it is their role in the Air Force or their role in the family.
	www.defendamerica.mil /profiles/July2005/pr071305b.html (1007 words)

	The Takhli RTAFB History Page
		Thai Air Force Base, Thailand in response to an increasing threat along the Laotian border.
		Air Forces: Fifty Years in Defense of the Nation, p 60.
		Air Force in Southeast Asia 1961 - 1973.
	www.takhli.org /rjw/traywick.htm (3868 words)

	Pacific Air Forces - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Military and civilian members of Pacific Air Forces have a pandemic influenza plan that prepares for, prevents and if required, contains effects of a possible influenza pandemic on PACAF military forces, civilian workforce, contractors and family members.
		HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Based on the continuing risk of anthrax exposure to certain U.S. members, the Department of Defense announced on Oct. 12 that it was moving the current voluntary vaccination program to a mandatory program for certain locations.
		ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE RICHMOND, Australia -- While the air show here ended Oct. 22 and the C-17 Globemaster III crew from Hawaii headed back to their home at Hickam Air Force Base, one U.S. Airman remained -- not because he missed the flight home, but because he's already home.
	www.pacaf.af.mil (359 words)

	Military Dog History in the Pacific Theater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		FEAF, subordinate to the U.S. Army Forces Far East, served as the headquarters of Allied Air Forces Southwest Pacific Area- By 1945, three numbered air forces -5th, 7th and 13th-supported operations in the Pacific Theater.
		At that time, the Army Air Forces in the Pacific was part of the largest and most powerful military organization every fielded by any nation.
		Thus, all air force units in the Far East and Southwest Pacific were placed under one Air Force commander forth e first time.
	www.vspa.com /k9/pacafhistory.htm (903 words)

	Pacific Space Leadership Forum 2006
		The Pacific Space Leadership Forum is a private, by-invitation-only, senior executive level meeting of U.S. military leaders, military and civil space leaders from partner nations in the Pacific, and senior industry executives.
		Scheduled for 20-22 October 2006 in Honolulu, the purpose of the meeting is to build bridges, connections and understanding among the space industry and the civil and military leaders of the Pacific, especially as it relates to the application of space systems and complementary aerospace systems in the region for mutual advantage.
		First held in 2005, this regional forum is conducted by the Space Foundation in support of U.S. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSPACECOM).
	www.pacificspace.org (242 words)

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