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  • Aloha First Family

    Air Force One taxies after landing on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 18, 2015. The First Family passed through JBPHH as they begin their annual holiday vacation. Airmen from the 15th Wing assisted with planning and preparation of the First Family’s arrival. (U.S. Air Force photo by

  • Operation Christmas Drop showcases HA/DR Training

    U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules crews from Yokota Air Base, Japan, launched the final missions of Operation Christmas Drop 2015 Dec. 15 officially completing this year's operation with 100 percent of bundles on target.   Since Dec. 8, C-130 crews from Yokota's 36th Airlift Squadron, Royal Australian

  • USAF delivers hope, goodwill to Fais Island during Operation Christmas Drop

    Locals from the island of Fais recover and carry a low-cost, low-altitude bundle during Operation Christmas Drop 2015. Operation Christmas Drop is the Department of Defense's longest running humanitarian airdrop mission. This year marks the first ever trilateral Operation Christmas Drop where the

  • Airmen deliver supplies to Republic of Palau

    36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster and Col. TY Chamberlain, 36th Wing vice-commander, drops a low-cost, low-altitude bundle to Kayangel Atoll, Republic of Palau, Dec. 11, 2015, during Operation Christmas Drop. This year marks the 64th year of Operation Christmas Drop, which began in 1952, and is the

  • 125th EFS takes off to support TSP

    A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 125th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxis for takeoff as part of the U.S. Pacific Command Theater Security Package Dec. 15, 2015, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 125th EFS, located at Tulsa Air National Guard Base, Okla, deployed to Kadena to provide

  • JMSDF members tour Yokota maintenance facilities

    Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Petty Officer 2nd Class Takeshi Murai, 4 Maintenance Squadron, inspects a C-130 Hercules engine during a facility tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 11, 2015. The JMSDF maintainers compared the maintenance conducted at Yokota to their own to help improve processes

  • JASDF hosts Mochitsuki ceremony

    Wooden mallets, stone mortars and rice may seem like a unique mix, but in the Japanese culture this trio has been part of a tradition for more than a millennium. Members of Team Yokota gathered to celebrate a Japanese tradition through Mochitsuki, a mochi pounding event, at Yokota Air Base, Japan,

  • PACAF Airmen donate 2K pounds to local food bank

    Members from Pacific Air Forces A5/8 Directorate of Strategy, Plans and Programs donate food to a local Hawaii food bank, Dec. 15, 2015, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The Airmen collected and donated more than 2,500 pounds of food, to include rice and canned goods. (U.S. Air Force photo by

  • PACAF units spread holiday cheer

    U.S. Air Force volunteers pose for a photo with children and staff from the Midori School-Age Program during a visit, Dec. 10, 2015, in Okinawa City, Japan. Fourteen volunteers from Kadena’s Top 3 and the 18th Communications Squadron brought a little Christmas cheer when they visited the SAP.

  • Misawa pilots save Iraqi civilians, earn 2014 Mackay Trophy

    Stranded on Mount Sinjar, Iraq, without food, water or medical care, facing starvation and dehydration, and under constant enemy gunfire, more than 40,000 Iraqi Yazidis were saved by a multinational coalition force led by Misawa Air Base F-16C Fighting Falcon pilots during an airstrike Aug. 9, 2014.