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  • Pacific Air Forces hosts Japanese Minister of Defense during PACOM tour

    Gen. Lori J. Robinson, Pacific Air Forces commander, hosted the Japanese Minister of Defense, Gen Nakatani, Nov. 23, as part of Nakatani's tour of U.S. Pacific Command and its component commands.    Robinson and Nakatani met to discuss the ongoing relationship between the two allies and address how

  • Airman overcomes adversity to follow dream

    What happens when a dream you’ve been working toward since you were 6 gets ripped from you? How do you cope, move on and rekindle that dream?First Lt. Charity Borg, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces protocol officer, faced this dilemma a few years ago when she was in the middle of her freshman year at

  • Aircraft with cold shoulder

    While the roads and parking lots on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, have snow plows clearing the way, global ground-support aircraft deicers clear aircraft for the skies.

  • Opening ceremony kicks off Cope Tiger 2016 in Thailand

    (Left to right) Royal Thai air force Air Chief Marshal Treetod Sonjance, Republic of Singapore air force Maj. Gen. Hoo Cher Moo, RSAF chief of air force, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Russell Handy, 11th Air Force commander, participate in the opening ceremony of exercise Cope Tiger 2016, Korat RTAF

  • Yokota Airmen help prepare Sailors for refuels

    Airmen fuelers from the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron provided essential training on the R-11 refueling trucks to Sailors from Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, at Yokota Air Base Jan. 25-29. The training allowed members to prepare to support Navy aircraft at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam,

  • Kadena, Eielson aircraft surge for Forceful Tiger

    Airmen and aircraft from Kadena Air Base, Japan, and Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, participated in aerial training missions as part of Exercise Forceful Tiger Jan. 28, 2016 at Kadena AB, Japan. Forceful Tiger is an exercise designed to demonstrate the 18th Wing's combat capabilities in the region.

  • Misawa F-16s deploy to Andersen AFB in support of Cope North 2016

    Several F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 13th Fighting Squadron are deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in support of Cope North 2016. Cope North is an annual event that focuses on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief and large force employment in an effort to enhance interoperability

  • Andersen hosts Pacific Air Partners Open House

    Long lines and huge crowds filled the Andersen AFB flightline Feb. 20. The scene, reminiscent of something one might see at an amusement park, was Andersen opening its doors to the public for the 2016 Pacific Air Partners Open House.More than 23,000 Guam residents, tourists and military members