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  • Citizen Airmen keep RIMPAC flying high

    One of the few common threads interwoven between the twenty-six nations and more than 200 aircraft participating in Rim of the Pacific 2016 is the need for fuel; a lot of it.

  • Joint Airborne Operation a success for 353rd SOG

    "One, two, three...five, six, seven...I see seven chutes," said an Air Force combat controller with the 353rd Special Operations Group, radioing back to the aircrew in the MC-130J Commando II that all jumpers were accounted for.

  • MWDs sniff out suspects in training scenario

    Military working dog handlers and their dogs, assigned to the 374th Security Forces Squadron, conduct training scenarios at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 12, 2016. The MWDs use their sense of smell to help handlers track suspects in addition to identifying hazardous or illegal substances.

  • Chief of Staff of the Air Force Visits JBPHH

    Gen. David L. Goldfein, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, visis with Airmen from the 15th Maintenance Group and the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Maintenance Group on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 12, 2016. Earlier in the day, Goldfein officiated the Pacific Air Forces

  • 15th OSS airfield management ops tempo picks up for RIMPAC

    The Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s flightline activity is increasing as aircraft participating in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2016 arrive, this month, increasing the responsibilities of the 15th Operations Support Squadron Airfield Management Flight.

  • Exercise Pacific Thunder 16-2 kicks off with CSAR scenarios

    ROK and U.S. Air Forces kicked-off Exercise Pacific Thunder July 11, 2016, an annual combined combat search and rescue exercise focused on enhancing the combat readiness of U.S. and ROK air forces through combined combat search and rescue training.

  • AF Special Ops deploys alongside Marines at RIMPAC 2016

    The 353rd Special Operations Group and III Marine Expeditionary Force joined forces July 8 to deploy approximately 22 Special Tactics Airmen and eight Marines to integrate into the world's largest international warfare exercise at Bradshaw Army Airfield, Hawaii.

  • Cope Taufan 16 kicks off in Malaysia

    Cope Taufan 16 provides an excellent opportunity to improve combined readiness and interoperability between the U.S. and Malaysia. This large force employment exercise will include operations in air superiority, airborne command and control, close air support, interdiction, air refueling and