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  • PACAF Airmen reflect on Osprey mishap response

    Four Headquarters Pacific Air Forces NCOs were among eight Airmen honored in a Dec. 18 ceremony in Honolulu for their heroic efforts in the aftermath of a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey mishap at Marines Corps Training Area at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii.

  • 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

  • ROK, U.S. Air Forces Train to Fight at Buddy Wing 15-8

    OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Pilots from the 25th Fighter Squadron and Republic of Korea Air Force's 237th Fighter Squadron performed combat operations during Buddy Wing 15-8, Dec. 15-18 here.Buddy Wing is an exercise that provides a forum for pilots, maintainers and support personnel of both

  • 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