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  • Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Ready Group Takes Part in Vigilant Ace 17-1

    Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 and other elements of Marine Aircraft Group 12 from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, arrived at Osan Air Force Base, Korea, Nov. 15, 2016, to conduct unit level training and participate in exercise Vigilant Ace

  • U.S., Japan Air Self-Defense Airmen integrate for night operations

    As the sun was setting behind the mountain terrain, it casted a deep orange hue onto the flightline as UH-1N Iroquois crewmembers completed their pre-flight inspections. Working diligently as twilight faded into darkness, the low hum of the twin turboshaft engines started signaling the start of the

  • Air Force releases findings on C-130H mishap, death of loadmaster

    The cause of an Airman fatality on a C-130H Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop in December 2015 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, has been verified as atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and coronary artery thrombosis, a heart attack caused by the blockage of several coronary arteries,

  • CSAF to JBER Airmen: 'Alaska matters'

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and his spouse, Dawn, visited Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska at the tail end of a two-week trip to various Pacific Air Forces installations, Nov. 10, 2016.

  • U.S., Japan team up to tie-down cargo

    U.S. Airmen work with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) during the loading of an Electric Power Plant vehicle onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 6, 2016, during exercise Keen Sword 2017.

  • Special Operations Airmen train during Keen Sword 17

    U.S. Airmen assigned to the 18th Wing and 353rd Special Operations Group, Kadena Air Base, Japan, practice life-saving skills during exercise Keen Sword 17, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 4, 2016.