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    Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State visit Korea

    A Boeing E4-B lands on the flight line at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 17, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicole Molignano)
  • A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor with the 199th Fighter Squadron, lands at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Japan, March 12, 2021. Airmen with the 199th Fighter Squadron and the 19th Fighter Squadron, based out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, deployed to MCAS Iwakuni to conduct local area training with U.S. Marine Corps units. This training event is designed to support a free and open Indo-Pacific by providing global reach and agility throughout the area. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Harmon)

    Hawaii-based F-22s land at MCAS Iwakuni to support DFE concept

    U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from the 199th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, landed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni March 12.
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    Maintainers help get U-2 back on ground

    A U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to 5th Reconnaissance Squadron prepares to land at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 12, 2021. The U-2 is one of two planes in the U.S. Air Force that the wheels are in a bicycle configuration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Branden Rae)
  • First Lt. “Grizzly” Akers, 35th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, poses for a photo on the flightline at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 8, 2021. Akers studied behavioral science at the Air Force Academy and then discovered her love for flying through their powered flight program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Suzie Plotnikov)

    Wolf Pack celebrates Women’s History Month: fighter pilot edition

    Each March we celebrate Women’s History Month. This is the second story in a series of women serving here at the Wolf Pack.Once upon a time, women weren't allowed to serve on the battlefield.They aided the war efforts in clerical roles or even as seamstresses or laundresses.“To be honest, I often forget that it was that way,” said Capt. “Buzzer”
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    EOD train, detonate explosives to stay sharp

    Senior Airman Cameron Snyder, left, and Staff Sgt. Alexander Baker, right, 51st Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technicians, removes a F6A robot from their mobile response vehicle at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 10, 2021. When the EOD team is not actively responding to an emergency, they are constantly training and
  • Japan Ground Self Defense Force paratroopers line up to load onto a C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing, during exercise Airborne 21 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 9, 2021.

    US-Japan conducts historic airborne operation

    YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – In the bright Japanese morning sun, stretched across the flightline, more than 500 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members talk, rehearse jump procedures and shimmy parachute packs onto their backs. All the while, U.S. Air Force Airmen prepare 12 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for a surge unlike any other on record. The first day of history in the making for the U.S. and Japan partnership was full of energy, excitement and critical focus. The 374th Airlift Wing supported the JGSDF, 1st Airborne Brigade, for the largest static-line personnel jump and cargo drop between the U.S. and Japan, for exercise Airborne 21, March 9 to 11.
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    36 MDG Public Health, Medical Readiness, Logistics Flights Reflect to Press On

    Every service member that enters the 36th Medical Group comes ready to perform their job, but is also assigned a wartime mission in a contingency response team, sometimes separate from their primary duty.
  • Reyjie Cliff Blando Madriaga, U.S. Space Force recruit, and his recruiter, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Shiloh Pogue, Pacific Operations Recruiter, after completing the oath of enlistment at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 4, 2021. Madriaga, born and raised in Hawaii, is the first Hawaiian U.S. Space Force Recruit to swear into the Delayed Entry Program at Honolulu Military Entrance Processing Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Makensie Cooper)

    Joining forces, a family

    Reyjie Cliff Blando Madriaga, the first Hawaiian Space Force recruit, swore into the Delayed Entry Program at the Honolulu Military Entrance Processing Station on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 4.
  • U.S. Space Force Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force Roger Towberman, meet with Guardians assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing, on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, March 10, 2021.

    Chief of Space Operations visits Eielson, meets with Guardians

    U.S. Space Force Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force Roger Towberman, meet with Guardians assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing, on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, March 10, 2021. Space Force responsibilities include developing Guardians, acquiring military space systems, maturing the military
  • A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron takes off during Northern Edge, May 20, 2019, from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge is designed to sharpen participants’ tactical combat skills, to improve command, control and communication relationships and to develop plans and programs across the Joint Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micaiah Anthony)

    Pacific Air Forces Announces Dates for Northern Edge 21

    Northern Edge 21 will take place May 3-14 at several military installations, local airports and training areas around Alaska.
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