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  • Red Flag-Alaska 18-1 begins late April

    Red Flag-Alaska 18-1, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment is scheduled to begin April 26 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex scheduled through May 11.

  • U.S., Philippine forces improve interoperability through bilateral training

    By invitation of the government of the Philippines, U.S. and Philippine armed forces will conduct subject matter expert exchanges at various military installations throughout the Philippines, 23 April-4 May, 2018. U.S. Air Force Airmen will participate in exchanges that will cover command and control tactics and humanitarian assistance and disaster
  • Maj. Elizabeth Liebner, 36th MDOS Physical Therapy Officer, stretches with a runner's clinic class after a work-out March 21, 2018, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The Andersen Physical Therapy team is implementing a new running clinic to teach and improve active duty service members running abilities April 19 at 1500, held in the Coral Reef Fitness Center basketball courts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexa Ann Henderson)

    Sprinting into a healthier future

    The physical fitness of our service members is paramount to the ability of the Department of Defense to execute its mission across the globe. Andersen’s 36th Medical Operations Squadron Physical Therapy Team is ensuring that Team Andersen is more than ready for anything that may come their way. Maj. Elizabeth Liebner, 36th MDOS Physical Therapy
  • U.S. Army chaplain Michael Cohen, Holocaust Remembrance Week guest speaker, addresses an audience during a remembrance service on Osan Air Base, April 12, 2018. Cohen, a Nashville native, enlisted in the Army, served five years to become a Chaplain and pursued rabbinical studies as a reservist. From April 9 to 13, 2018, the base hosted an opening ceremony, a film screening of Conspiracy, a 5K run, and a remembrance service held at the chapel (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)

    Holocaust Remembrance: Forgiveness overcomes hate

    The National Socialist German Worker’s Party, led by Adolf Hitler, systematically exterminated between six and nine million European Jews in concentration camps throughout their regime beginning in 1933. By 1945, more than 11 million people in total are estimated to have been murdered by the Nazis. More than 70 years later, Osan Air Base remembers the lives of the Jewish people who perished under the brutal dictatorship.
  • (Center Right) U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen Russell Mack, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) deputy commander, (Center Left) Indonesian Air Vice Marshal Umar Sugeng Haryono and the attendees of the U.S. and Indonesian Airman-to-Airman (A2A) talks pose for a group photo in the Courtyard of Heroes at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 11, 2018. PACAF senior leaders hosted Indonesian air force leaders to discuss common regional security challenges. The A2A talks are intended to increase cooperation with our allies and partners. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Daniel Robles)

    U.S., Indonesia Airmen Talks Enhance Interoperability

    Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) hosted the Indonesian air force leadership here to discuss the continued partnership and integration of both air forces during Airman-to-Airman (A2A) talks April 11 - 12.
  • Air Force Staff Sgt. Danny Russo, a 673d Civil Engineer Squadron Fire and Emergency Service firefighter, puts out a fire during exercise Polar Force 18-5 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 11, 2018. Throughout the routine training exercise, Airmen donned Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear while completing various mission-related tasks to test their capabilities in challenging circumstances.

    JBER conducts semiannual exercise Polar Force 18-5

    Personnel of 673d Air Base Wing, 3rd Wing, and 477th Fighter Group participated in Polar Force 18-5, an operational readiness exercise conducted semiannually to test Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s readiness, April 2 to 13.
  • Suwanat Kazuo, a mask artist, carves a mask during the 31st Annual Japan Day at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 14, 2018. Hirotoshi Mikami started the 31-year-old tradition which included 50 host nation organizations and more than 500 performers, artists and craftsmen. The base-wide celebration gave Team Misawa a chance to experience authentic Japanese culture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Collette Brooks).

    Friendship on display: Misawa Airmen celebrate 31st Japan Day

    Japan Day takes place April 14 at the Tohoku Enlisted Club to foster and maintain good relations between American and Japanese citizen of Misawa through cross-cultural activities.
  • U.S. forces intergrate with Australian during EAC at RAAF base Darwin

    U.S., Australian forces wrap up Enhanced Air Cooperation exercise

    Cruising at altitude, hidden from sight by distance, Air Force bomber crews have the birds-eye view of the battlefield.   Whether in the mountains of Afghanistan or desert plains, when operating close to friendly forces on the ground, the teams rely on the help from liaison officers who are up-close to the target and can guide them.   To practice
  • Inside the Cockpit

    NZ Demonstration Team Excursion Comes to Close

    The Pacific Air Forces’ F-16 Fighting Falcon and C-17 Globemaster III demonstration teams depart Canterbury after a week of training and flying for the Warbirds Over Wanaka (WOW) International Airshow 2018 at Wanaka, New Zealand, April 3, 2018.“New Zealanders are very professional, they did a great job,” said Maj. Richard Smeeding, Pacific Air
  • U.S. forces intergrate with Australian during EAC at RAAF base Darwin

    U.S. forces integrate with Australian during EAC at RAAF base Darwin

    U.S. Army Capt. Craig Osbeck, 5th Battlefield Coordination Detachment ground liaison officer stands for a photo with a B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron during Enhanced Air Cooperation (EAC) exercise 18-2 at Royal Australian Air Force Base, Darwin, Australia, April 5, 2018. Osbeck provides guidance and advice on
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