Exercise Green Lighting

B-2 Stealth bombers, KC-10 Extenders and support personnel are conducting exercise Green Lighting to improve the U.S. capabilities and operational familiarity in the region for the Pacific bomber presence and to enhance relations with the Australians. “The United States and Australia continue to be

Taking flight with the 128th --Total force integration at work

Local and international media were invited by the 35 AEW commander to fly on tanker refueling mission during Cooperative Cope Thunder. After a welcome brief by Colonel Rusty Cabot, commander and exercise director for CCT 06-3, Lt. Col. Pete Hoffmann, detachment commander for the 128th Air Refueling

Hawaii Air Traffic Controllers Train to Fight

Airmen from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron are involved in a four-day exercise here. The 297th provides wartime air traffic control and landing support to commanders in contingency situations. The exercise simulates a real-world deployment. Most of the Airmen

Exercise strengthens U.S., international combat skills

Cooperative Cope Thunder 06-3 is the largest multi-lateral air combat exercise in the Pacific bringing together about 1,300 participants to train in Alaska. The operations officer for the exercise said Cope Thunder is very air forces centric -- providing realistic training in joint and combined

CCT/RF Improves Combat Skills for US and International Forces

Cooperative Cope Thunder 06-3, is not just another Pacific Air Forces exercise. In fact, CCT boasts as being the largest multi- lateral air combat exercise in the pacific. During an ABC Alaska News interview, Lt. Col. Reggie Smith, operations officer for CCT/Red Flag Alaska at Elmendorf, explained

Exercise Green Lightning

Swedish Air Force travels to Alaska for exercise

In a journey that would span more than five days, seven Gripen fighters traveled from Sweden to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, for the multinational exercise, Cooperative Cope Thunder. When they arrived at the Alaskan base, the Swedish pilots and 23 technicians from the ground crew had reached a

2007 Force Shaping message released

Air Force officials recently announced new force-shaping initiatives to be used to meet the required 2007 fiscal year end strength numbers. The new initiatives are designed to bring the Officer numbers down as the enlisted end-strength numbers are on target for 2007. Officials said more than 8,000

PACAF exercise hosts Mexican observers

Mexican Air Force observers are seeing first hand how U.S. and coalition forces work together during Cooperative Cope Thunder to aid in their decision to become future exercise participants. As part of his cooperative engagement strategy General Paul V. Hester, Pacific Air Forces commander, invited

PACAF flies humanitarian to Fiji Islands

As a country composed of more than 300 islands, 100 of which are inhabited, Fiji’s rapid population growth is stretching health care efforts very thin. In an effort to help bolster Fiji’s health care capabilities, Airmen from Pacific Air Forces International Health Affairs visited the Republic of