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    OSI strengthens ties with regional counterparts

    Members of the Office of Special Investigations worked to build these relations with Guam’s neighbors, throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, by traveling to and meeting face-to-face with host nation law enforcement and security counterparts in April.
  • F-15EX flies over the beaches outside of Eglin Afb

    Eglin AF Base gears up for Northern Edge 21

    More than 25 aircraft, and hundreds of Airmen, from across the 53rd Wing are headed to Alaska in support of Northern Edge 21, INDOPACOM’s premier bi-annual exercise designed to increase joint combat effectiveness in all spectrums of warfare, May 3-14, 2021.
  • Photo of a U.S. Air Force Airman

    Guam-born Airman connects his two families

    The island of Guam boasts beautiful scenery, ideal surfing weather, mouth-watering foods, and friendly natives surrounding the area. For one Airman, this island isn’t just a workspace but a place he calls home.
  • A C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 62nd Airlift Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, sits at McMurdo Station in Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. ODF is unlike any other U.S. military operation. It is one of the military's most difficult peacetime missions due to the harsh Antarctic environment. The U.S. military is uniquely equipped and trained to operate in such an austere environment and has therefore provided support to the USAP since 1955. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Tyler Boyd)

    Operation Deep Freeze completes another successful season despite pandemic concerns

    Though it is another season for the books, the 2020-2021 season of Operation Deep Freeze (ODF) ends as a highlight for one Reserve Citizen Airman’s career.
  • Chief's Orientation Course photo

    PACAF hosts orientation course for new chiefs

    Pacific Air Forces hosted an orientation course for chief master sergeant selects here, April 12 - 16. The course further sharpened the leadership skills and defined expectations for Chief selects by covering a wide range of leadership topics and guest speakers with experience from a multitude of functional areas and career fields.
  • Senior Airman Austin West, 8th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and MWD Bonus, wait their turn for familiarization training during a joint medical evacuation training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 13, 2021. The handlers gradually exposed the MWDs to the helicopters to familiarize them with the noises and vibrations to reduce their anxiety while flying. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Suzie Plotnikov)

    Kunsan, Camp Humphreys participate in joint MWD medevac training

    Military working dog teams from the 8th Security Forces Squadron, along with Army units from Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea, participated in the first joint medical evacuation training event, here at Kunsan Air Base Republic of Korea, April 13, 2021.The purpose of the training was to observe and calculate the steps needed to properly execute a
  • Senior Airman Gabriel Coleman, 552 Air Control Networks Squadron, and Master Sgt. Christopher Bailey, Pacific Air Command A3/6, explain the capabilities of a deployable cyber defense weapon system, Cyberspace Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter, to Lt. Col. Akio Ohigashi and Capt. Shumpei Kawano from the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force. The system is used by the 552 ACNS Mission Defense Team to defend the 552nd Air Control Wing's Control & Reporting Centers and E-3 fleet and ground systems from cyber threats. (Air Force photo by Kimberly Woodruff)

    Japan-American partnership builds cyber defense capacity

    Members of U.S. Pacific Air Forces and Japan Air Self-Defense Force visited the 552d Air Control Networks Squadron to build cyber-defense capacity April 4-10.
  • U.S. Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) commander, left-center, and Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, PACAF Command Chief discuss command priorities with Airmen from around the Pacific during Pacific Paladin at the Aloha Conference Center, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 31, 2021. Pacific Paladin, a new PACAF professional development platform focused on mentoring staff sergeants through senior master sergeants, bridging the gap between the tactical, operational and strategic level of performance. More than 200 Airmen from nine PACAF installations attended the seminar in-person and virtually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Zachary Vaughn)

    Rethinking Professional Development: Maintaining dialogue

    Recently, I attended the first day of Pacific Air Force’s new professional development platform, Pacific Paladin. Pacific Paladin’s overall intent is to bridge the gap between each of the three levels: tactical, operational and strategic.
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    B-52 Bombers deploy to Guam for Bomber Task Force Deployment

    In correlation with a Bomber Task Force (BTF) deployment, four U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft recently returned to Andersen Air Base, Guam, to conduct operations in the Indo-Pacific region.
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    Philippines, US Conducts Balikatan Virtual Global Health Engagement

    U.S. Pacific Air Forces Command Surgeon kicked off a three-day virtual Global Health Engagement with medical experts from the Philippine Air Force during Exercise Balikatan, April 12.
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