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  • PACAF demonstration team performs during the 2012 Singapore Airshow

    To view exclusive photos of the Pacific Forces Demostration team during the 2012 Singapore Airshow click here. A cross-section of U.S. military aircraft and equipment are participating in the show through static displays and aerial demonstrations including B-52 Stratofortress, E-3 Sentry, C-17

  • JBER troops join forces for 6th Eng. airborne mission

    Sgt. Samantha Owens, 6th Engineer Battalion, surveyed the expansive Alaska landscape covered with a fresh blanket of crystalline snow, resplendent under a cloudless blue sky.She might have had time to enjoy the stunning view if she wasn't suspended from a T-10 Delta parachute, hurtling toward solid

  • Deployed JBER Airman helps with Afghanistan rescue effort

    Hovering 75 feet above a tricky landing zone in the treacherous snow covered mountains in northern Afghanistan, the entire aircrew of the MI-17 Hip acted as one. The pilot's view was greatly diminished and he depended heavily on what his crew was seeing out the side doors as the aircraft slowly

  • Kadena Airman awarded Purple Heart, AF Combat Action Medal

    Sunset. A beautiful image.Mortar fire breaks the silence. Every night, like clockwork, an attack comes from a nearby enemy village."On the third day, our team was assigned a mission to go in and assault the village," said Senior Airman Nicholas Robillard. "That night, under the cover of darkness, we

  • Cope North 2012 Aircraft take off for training

    Different aircraft take off from here in support of exercise Cope North 2012, Feb. 15. More than 1,000 military members from units spanning the Pacific are scheduled to begin arriving this week for exercise Cope North 2012. The trilateral exercise, which began Feb. 11 and will run through Feb. 24,

  • Twilight wake up call

    F-16 Aircraft from 18th Aggressor Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska are parked in the early morning during Cope North 2012 Feb. 15. The 18 AS is here in support of Cope North 2012, flying as the opposing force to the other aircraft participating in the Exercise. Exercise COPE NORTH 2012, a

  • 18th Aggressor Squadron takes to the skies

    F-16 Fighting Falcon Aggressors launch during Cope North 2012, Feb. 14. More than 1,000 military members from units spanning the Pacific are scheduled to begin arriving this week for exercise Cope North. The trilateral exercise, which began Feb. 11 and will run through Feb. 24, is a multinational

  • Cope North 2012 combines forces, efforts

    Joint operations kicked off between the U.S. Air Force, the Japan Air Self Defense Force and the Royal Australian Air Force as the first day of exercise Cope North 2012 began at Northwest Field here, Feb. 13. Whether it was the JASDF's F-2s flying alongside the RAAF's F-18s, or RAAF troops joining

  • Metals tech sparks an interest

    Senior Airman James Turner, 51st Maintenance Group aircraft metal technology journeyman, welds and cuts pieces of excess metal utilizing Tungsten Welding, Plasma Cutter and Grinder Feb. 12, 2012. Tungsten welding is used to weld smaller pieces and is easier to control and is used when objects can be