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  • Kunsan Air Base hosts its first Joint Force Graduation ceremony

    More than 60 students from across the Korean peninsula walked across the base theater stage to receive graduation certificates during Kunsan’s first-ever Joint Force College Graduation ceremony, Dec.13, 2024. The ceremony, organized by the 8th Force Support Squadron, Kunsan Top 3 organization,

  • Multinational Aircrews Showcase Interoperability During OCD 24 Interfly

    Five nations took to the skies together as U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self Defense Force, Republic of Korea Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, and Royal Australian Air Force aircrews executed a multinational “interfly” mission to culminate Operation Christmas Drop 2024, at Andersen Air Force Base,

  • Readiness Doesn’t Rest: Multilateral Maintenance Powers OCD 24

    Whether they’re under the glow of floodlights cutting through the Pacific night, or bathing in the rays of the tropical Guam sun, maintainers from the U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force are working side by side as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2024 to ensure C-130Js delivering bundles

  • Santa’s Grey Sleigh Arrives Early in the Pacific as OCD 24 Kicks Off

    High above the Pacific, Santa’s grey sleighs roared to life Dec. 8 as C-130 Hercules aircrews from five allied nations began dropping humanitarian-like aid bundles as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2024. The annual mission, now in its 73rd year, brings together aircrews from the United States,

  • 374 AW Airmen arrive at Andersen AFB for OCD 24

    The Operation Christmas Drop 2024 logo is displayed on a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 4, 2024. Conducted annually from Andersen, OCD delivers supplies and gifts to more than 58 remote islands in the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of

  • USAF and PAF Enhance Regional Security

    The U.S. Air Force and Philippine Air Force integrated USAF F-16 Fighting Falcons and PAF FA-50s to conduct training over the Philippine Sea, Nov. 26, 2024. The USAF is committed to conducting bilateral training with the PAF, demonstrating interoperability and enhancing security architecture within

  • COMPACAF visits Vietnam to enhance regional cooperation

    In a historic visit, Gen. Kevin Schneider, Pacific Air Forces commander, traveled to Vietnam for delivery of five T6-C training aircraft to the Vietnamese Air Defence Air Force November 18-21, 2024.Schneider landed in the first T6-C aircraft before providing remarks at the formal acquisition