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  • Contingency response Airmen assist in Wake Island storm recovery

    Airmen with the 36th Contingency Response Group at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, arrived on Wake Island July 20 to assist uniformed and civilian staff in critical storm recovery efforts.   In anticipation of possible storm surges from Typhoon Halola, all base members had been evacuated from the

  • Deployed EAMXS Airmen perform weapons load demonstration

    U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, load a cruise missile onto a rotary launcher of a B-52 Stratofortress July 16, 2015, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The mission is in support of U.S. Pacific

  • Vermont Air National Guard operates from Kadena

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ryan Banneau, 158th Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief, fills out a checklist in the shade of an F-16 on Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2015. The 158th Fighter Wing of Vermont is currently deployed to Kadena as part of a Pacific Command Theater Security

  • Team Andersen participates in 71st Guam Liberation Day Parade

    U.S. Air Force aircrew members from the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron fly a B-52 Stratofortress over Hagåtña, Guam, in the Liberation Day Parade, July 21, 2015. Liberation Day is celebrated in honor of the World War II Chamorro generation and to show gratitude to the U.S. for returning to rescue

  • Airmen help South Korean students experience American culture through food

    As part of a cultural exchange opportunity, students from Cheonan High School recently spent a few hours of their afternoon July 10 trying more than 25 different kinds of American snacks. Before the students began the feast, they watched a quick video of American students in Tennessee partaking

  • RAAF, USAF AOC team stays sharp during TS15

    U.S. Air Force Capt. Brenton Baker (right), Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lieutenant Shurumeet Gill and Royal Australian Air Force Flying Officer Chris Goode plan for the next contingency in the 613th Air Operation Center intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance section during Talisman

  • US, Aussies conduct joint refueling for Talisman Sabre 2015

    In support of Talisman Sabre 2015 exercise operations, members of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) No. 33 Squadron conducted in-air refueling for U.S. and Australian fighters July 13 in the skies above the North Australian coast.A variety of U.S. and Australian F/A-18 Hornets, Super Hornets and

  • PACAF aircraft maintenance units hone skills during load crew competitions

    Teams from the 36th Aircraft Maintenance Unit and 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit from Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, and the 13th Aircraft Maintenance Unit from Misawa Air Base, Japan, participated in quarterly load crew competitions at each of their bases.   At Misawa AB, the competition

  • ROK, U.S. military leaders meet during 2015 Air Boss Conference

    Senior leaders from the U.S. and Republic of Korea air forces meet during the 2015 Air Boss Conference on Osan Air Base, ROK, July 17, 2015. The annual conference, hosted by the commander of the Air Component Command, is a bi-lateral forum between U.S. and ROK forces under the combined forces aegis

  • USAF Band of Pacific-Asia makes history with Vietnam performance

    In an historic event July 2, the Yakota-based U.S. Band of the Pacific - Asia Jazz Combo became the first ever U.S. Air Force Band to perform in Hanoi during the 239th anniversary of the Independence of the United States and the 20th Anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations with