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  • KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Staff Sgt. Brian Caudill, 8th Security Forces Squadron and Song Hwa Chae enjoy bowling July 30 here. The 8th SFS hosted a bowling event with 17 children from a Gunsan City orphanage. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Giang Nguyen)

    Defenders host Gunsan City orphans

    Members of the 8th Security Forces Squadron here hosted 17 children from a Gunsan City orphanage for an afternoon of bowling July 30. The event was another Good Neighbor Program initiative accomplished by members of the Wolf Pack. "We wanted to be able to host an event where we could get the children out to have fun," said Staff Sgt. David Wilson
  • Airman deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., prepare to weigh the Global Hawk before refueling in a hangar July 19 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The aircraft has a wing span of 116 feet and is designed to cruise at extremely high altitudes. This marked the first time a Global Hawk deployed in support from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Miranda Moorer)

    Beale Global Hawk deploys for first time

    The 9th Reconnaissance Wing's RQ-4 Global Hawk program passed a significant milestone by completing its first operational Global Hawk deployment July 19 from Beale Air Force Base to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. "This is the first time in United States Air Force history that we've deployed the Global Hawk aircraft, personnel and support equipment

  • Airmen depart Red Flag-Alaska with air combat experience

    EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- After two weeks of advanced air combat training, the airborne warriors of Red Flag-Alaska are packing up and heading home and they won't be leaving empty handed. The aircrews received realistic combat training at Red Flag-Alaska. The exercise simulated warfare settings aircrews will encounter in the Global War on
  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Staff Sgt. Kenichira Watanabe (Left), Staff Sgt. Kensuke Hamanishi (Right), missile operator, Japanese Air Self Defense Force, watches for enemy aircraft on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex on July 24 during Red Flag-Alaska 07-3. With 67,000 square miles of rugged terrain, Japanese Forces are able to train tracking low flying aircrafts against a mountain back drop; this type of training is unavailable to them at their home station. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder)

    Alaska's mountain-tops provide rare training challenges to Japanese missile team

    Six Japanese airmen stood atop an Alaskan mountain, firing mock surface-to-air missiles at Spanish fighter jets as part of the Red Flag-Alaska training exercise July 24. Red Flag-Alaska is a dynamic air combat exercise, but the advanced training isn't only for aircrew. The JASDF missile operations team is able to practice its ground-based

  • Misawa hosts visiting F-15s for war games

    The 14th Fighter Squadron has taken the saying, "When the cat's away ..." to the next level in the absence of Misawa's Panther Squadron. Members here joined with a team of pilots from the 67th Fighter Squadron, out of Kadena Air Base Japan, to play in a unique aerial combat exercise Seikan War, which concluded here last week. F-15s deployed here
  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- An F-15C Aggressor from 65th Aggressor Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., flies over a mountain range on a refueling mission at Red Flag - Alaska July 25. Red Flag - Alaska enables aviation units to sharpen their combat skills by flying simulated combat sorties in a realistic threat environment. More than 80 aircraft and 1500 servicemembers from 6 different countries are participating in the exercise over the Last Frontier July 12-27. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt Tana Stevenson)

    Aggressors over Alaska

  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Senior Airman Paul Moore, crew chief with the 335th Fighter Squadron, fastens new safety wiring on an F-15E Strike Eagle's rudder actuator mount bolts. Airman Moore is participating with Red Flag Alaska 07-3, a multinational air combat training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by MSgt Brandt Smith)

    Red Flag-Alaska: A Continued Success!

  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Staff Sgt. Kenichira Watanabe, missile operator, Japanese Air Self Defense Force, aims a Type 91 Sam-2 Surface to Air missile launcher at enemy aircraft on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex on July 24 during Red Flag-Alaska 07-3. With 67,000 square miles of rugged terrain, Japanese Forces are able to train tracking low flying aircrafts against a mountain back drop; this type of training is unavailable to them at their home station. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder)

    Rising Sun at Red Flag

  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Staff Sgt. Ray Saunders, a weapons armament systems specialist, 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., secures a GBU-31 bomb in front of the Thunderdome on July 24 during Red Flag-Alaska 07-3. This exercise provides a real-world training environment for maintenance and support personnel through the duration of RF-A. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder)

    Strike Eagle fully loaded

  • KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Staff Sgt. Corey Jones, 8th Maintenance Squadron, reviews over his checklist during the Peninsula-Wide Combat Employment Response Exercise July 26. The 8th Fighter Wing "Wolf Pack" is currently conducting the quarterly exercise to test it's ability to maintain a credible deterrence on the Korean peninsula. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Steven R. Doty)

    Wolf Pack members continue to train

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