June 15, 2017 Fighter Squadrons 'switch hats' for multi-role capability The military lifestyle is all-inclusive of late nights, long shifts, and more often than not, living out of a backpack on weeks-long temporary duty. For the hard-working Airmen of the 13th Fighter Squadron, that reality is all too familiar.
June 15, 2017 USFJ participates in annual non-combatant evacuation operation exercise Military members and family members participated in the annual exercise Focused Passage 17 here this week, arriving in a pair of C-17 Globemasters and a C-130 Hercules to simulate what might happen during a non-combatant evacuation (NEO).
June 14, 2017 18th CMSAF visits 18th Wing The Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force visited Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 11 and 12.
June 13, 2017 PACAF vice commander completes fini flight U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Dillon, Pacific Air Forces vice commander, is greeted by family and friends and soaked in water and champagne after his C-17 fini-flight at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 12, 2017.
June 13, 2017 Red Flag-Alaska planning fortifies multinational tactics Groups of pilots and mission coordinators jostle their eyes between a large screen and a map of the airspace during a mission planning brief with Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a fellow Air Force Base out of Anchorage, Alaska, on June 12.
June 13, 2017 Restoring Wake Island’s Guam Memorial: 'Honoring those who came before us' Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center and Wake Island’s Detachment 1 leadership paid honor to 45 Chamorros with a rededication ceremony of the Guam Memorial June 8.
June 13, 2017 Misawa F-16s enhance readiness at Red Flag-Alaska The 14th Fighter Squadron from Misawa Air Base, Japan, took to the skies during Red Flag-Alaska 17-2 at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska from June 8-23.
June 13, 2017 Airmen, Soldiers refine combat skills Over 100 Airmen and Soldiers throughout U.S. Pacific Command’s area of responsibility gathered to compete in the second annual Security Forces Advanced Combat Skills Assessment at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 7, 2016.
June 12, 2017 Airmen invited to comment on safety publication To gain insight and perspective from all Air Force stakeholders, the Air Force Safety Center requests informal comments on the draft revision of Air Force Instruction (AFI) 91-203, Air Force Consolidated Occupational Safety Instruction.
June 12, 2017 First to fight: Panton’s celebrate 100th anniversary Members of the 35th Fighter Squadron gathered at Kunsan Air Base on June 12 to observe a historical base fly-over commemorating 100 years of their squadron’s history in the defense of American and now South Korean interests.