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  • 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airmen install a ring cowl on a 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron B-52 Stratofortress on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Aug. 7, 2019.

    Andersen continues B-52 support

    With a 185 foot-wide-B-52 Stratofortress in front of him and a star-filled sky above, Senior Airman Dillain Lapolice, 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, was beginning his shift at the start of dusk. Moths were fluttering around the floodlights directed at the stratofortess, the only source of light for the maintainer as he prepared to work.
  • 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airmen install a ring cowl on a 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron B-52 Stratofortress on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Aug. 7, 2019.

    24/7 support, 24/7 response

    With a 185 foot-wide-B-52 Stratofortress in front of him and a star-filled sky above, Senior Airman Dillain Lapolice, 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, was beginning his shift at the start of dusk. Moths were fluttering around the floodlights directed at the stratofortess, the only source of light for
  • Two simulated casualties lie on the ground waiting for a mass casualty exercise to begin Aug. 1, 2019, during Pacific Angel 19-3 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. PAC ANGEL is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance engagement, enhancing participating nations’ humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities while providing beneficial services to people in need throughout South and East Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eric M. Fisher)

    U.S., Mongolian forces improve crisis response capabilities

    Members of the U.S. Air Force and Mongolian Armed Forces conducted a mass casualty exercise Aug. 1, 2019, during Pacific Angel 19-3, a joint and combined humanitarian assistance engagement, enhancing participating nations’ humanitarian aid and disaster relief capabilities while providing beneficial services to people in need throughout South and East Asia.
  • Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Johnson, U.S. Pacific Air Forces command chief, speaks to Airmen and international partners during a First Sergeants Symposium at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 24, 2019. The five-day course included training provided by Air University, the First Sergeant Academy, and informational briefings from base helping agencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mikaley Kline)

    Airmen, international partners attend First Sergeants Symposium

    The 15th Wing-hosted First Sergeants Symposium took place at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 22-26, 2019. The five-day course included training provided by Air University, the First Sergeant Academy, and informational briefings from base helping agencies.
  • Members from the 673d Civil Engineer Group ride whitewater rapids on the Matanuska River, Alaska, as a Task Force True North activity July 26, 2019. Task Force True North is an initiative started in July 2018 to address Comprehensive Airman Fitness and decrease negative outcomes like sexual assault, suicide, domestic and workplace violence. Task Force True North embeds a religious support team and mental health counselors in groups to decentralize resources available to Airmen.

    Whitewater rafting, glacier hiking with Task Force True North

    First thing on a Thursday morning, I learned I was going to be writing a story about a Task Force True North activity the following day — whitewater rafting and glacier hiking. Yes, please!
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. Zachary Gibson, 673rd Medical Operations Squadron emergency physician, oversees participants taking part in the trauma and mass casualty response training exercise in Bayongol Soum, Mongolia, July 26, 2019.

    US, Mongolia share airfield, emergency medical expertise during Pacific Angel 19-3

    The United States and Mongolian military leaders conducted airfield and emergency medical subject-matter expert exchanges to share cultural expertise, technical competency and vital training with Mongolian participants in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 22-26, 2019.

  • RQ-4s being deployed to Yokota

    A detachment of U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawks will deploy to Yokota Air Base, Japan, from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during the summer and fall of 2019 in support of theater-wide U.S. Indo-Pacific Command requirements.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman William Hulse, 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, prepares to fuel a USAF F-22 Raptor July 14, over the Pacific Ocean near the coast of Brisbane, Australia, in support of Exercise Talisman Sabre 19. The Raptor was one of several aircraft used during TS19, alongside other USAF and RAAF airborne warning and control system aircraft, refuelers, tankers and bombers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elora J. Martinez)

    US, Australian air forces conduct first joint air refueling

    In the fight for air superiority during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019, the United States Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) met a major milestone in the airspace off the Queensland coast.
  • U.S. and Indonesian Armed Forces, and civilian participants take a group photo during the inaugural Joint Combined TNI-U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Casualty Evacuation Subject Matter Expert Exchange – Full Spectrum Patient Movement, in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 15 through 18, 2019. (Courtesy Photo)

    US, Indonesian National Armed Forces medical experts conduct inaugural subject matter exchange

    Members of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) participated in a Casualty Evacuation Subject Matter Expert Exchange on full spectrum patient movement in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 18, 2019.
  • U.S. Air Force Col. Patricia Csànk, 673d Air Base Wing and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson commander, pulls a lever at a tank truck offload facility on JBER, Alaska, July 25, 2019. The TTOF became fully operational December 2018, and provides a secondary means to receive JP-8 (Jet Propellant 8) in the event JBER’s fuel pipelines are out of service due to maintenance, damage or natural disaster.

    Tank Truck Offload Facility gives more readiness to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

    The 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron tested a tanker truck offload facility at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 25, 2019.
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