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  • Strengthening partnerships in the Pacific

    ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE AMBERLEY, Queensland —U.S. Air Force 15th Wing teamed up with Royal Australian Air Force No. 36 Squadron and Royal Air Force 99 Squadron to train together for Exercise Global Dexterity 23-2 at RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland, Australian, Nov. 27 - Dec. 8, 2023.

  • Airman of GUNDAM 22 posthumously promoted

    The Secretary of the Air Force posthumously promoted Captain Terrell “Terry” K. Brayman to the rank of Major, with an effective date of December 15, 2022 reflecting when Terry was selected for Major following the conclusion of the Air Force promotion board.

  • Put to the test: 8 FW pilot completes upgrade certification

    On the morning of Nov. 15, 2023, as Airmen from the 8th Fighter Wing readied themselves for flying operations, Capt. Tyler Hansen took an extra moment in his preparations. Despite more than 600 hours of flight time, the next few hours would be some of the most important in his career.The large force

  • PAC WEASEL: Synergistic Readiness in Joint Bilateral Operations

    Team Misawa hosted the latest iteration of a PACIFIC WEASEL exercise over Draughon Range near Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec 8, 2023. Scenarios were cultivated during the exercise in which hosted participants conducted mission planning and executed the simulated fight the following day over the course

  • Philippine Air Force comes to Kadena

    Members from the Philippine Air Force visited Kadena to learn about the base’s mission, aircraft and training facilities on December 5, 2023. The visit included tours around an F-15C Eagle, F-35A Lightning IIs, KC-135 Stratotanker, a HH-60G Pave Hawk, and the Kadena Innovation Lab (a place of

  • Gundam 22: An Operation Christmas Drop Tribute

    Team Yokota Airmen, with the help of multinational partners, packaged, decorated, signed, and dedicated a bundle of humanitarian aid during Operation Christmas Drop 2023 in honor of the 353rd Special Operations Wing and 363rd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing Airmen who tragically

  • Love from above, gratitude from below

    The Pacific Ocean is incomprehensibly vast. With islands speckling it as the largest ocean on Earth, it holds within its waters the Republic of Palau, home to 18 thousand people and 340 islands.

  • Mokil Atoll native flies home for OCD

    Nanako Lipai, a Mokil Atoll native, and members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force pose for a photo after a flight in support of Operation Christmas Drop 2023 (OCD 23), at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 6, 2023. This was Lipai’s third time flying during OCD but it was the first time she got to