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This edition features a story on changes in the Air Force’s tattoo policy, the Air Force Outstanding Unit award being awarded to the 86th Air Lift Wing and the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing for 2008, musician, Kid Rock, visiting Incirlik Air Base to perform a concert for troops based there, spouses getting an opportunity to see what their pilot husbands do by participating in an incentive flight, Lajes Field holding a Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) blow out event at the base’s commissary, and Sesame Street and the United Services Organization (USO) at Eielson Air Force Base, (AFB) Alaska; teaming up to help Air Force children understand lengthy deployments. Hosted by Senior Airman Brad Sisson.

This edition features stories on an Air Force C-130 conducting the first combat air drop of the new the low-cost low-altitude (LCLA) air drop re-supply system, an air crew from Yokota experiencing a simulated combat scenario during a training exercise where they launched five C-130 aircraft simultaneously, Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska conducting Red Flag exercises where fuel-lab technicians play a major role in the exercise’s success, some senior Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) at Spangdahlem Air Base helping keep Airmen’s morale high by providing them warm food and sandwiches while pulling duty outdoors in the brisk conditions, service members at Hickam Air Base celebrating the Year of the Air Force Family with a big party, and a combination of U.S. Reserve Airmen and members of the Croatian army receiving water purification training at Ramstein Air Base. Hosted by Airman 1st Class Alina Richard.

In August of 2014, a team of broadcasters and photojournalists travel throughout the Pacific, hoping to better inform the public regarding the everyday stories of Pacific Air Forces life. This team of Air Force public affairs members will capture the unique perspectives of Airmen stationed across three continents. On the second leg of their journey through the Pacific, the 30 Days in PACAF crew find themselves in the northern reaches of the Alaskan wild for their visit to Eielson Air Force Base, a place where camaraderie and resiliency are both crucial and common. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman First Class Danny Rangel/Released)

Air Force F-35's make their mark in the Pacific as they travel to Okinawa and cold weather test in Alaska.