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  • Air National Guard Squadron Mobilized for Deployment

    Thirty-one Alaska Air National Guard members from the 168th Security Forces Squadron, stationed here, will begin a 10-month mobilization and deployment Saturday in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. This is the squadron's second mobilization since 2001 after previous deployments to Qatar and Saudi Arabia. This will be the fifth combat
  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Spanish F/A-18 Hornets await access to a KC-135 refueler over the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex during Red Flag Alaska based at Eielson AFB, Alaska July 17, 2007. This exercise provides training for units preparing for air expeditionary force deployments. Other International partners include Japan, Mongolia, Thailand, Turkey and NATO. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Tana R.H. Stevenson)

    Spanish F/A-18 Hornet fueling the fight

  • A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., provides in-flight refueling to an F-15 Eagle from the 65th Aggressor Squadron over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex, during Red Flag-Alaska July 16. Red Flag-Alaska is a multinational air combat training exercise that began July 12 and will conclude July 28. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn J. Jones)

    Tankers keep fighters fighting at Red Flag-Alaska

    In the skies above Iraq and Afghanistan, a tanker is always ready to provide in-flight refueling to another aircraft in need. At Red Flag-Alaska, an air combat exercise in the Last Frontier, that same ever-ready tanker presence allows the fighters to focus on fighting. Red Flag-Alaska is a multinational exercise that began July 12 and will conclude
  • Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing load supplies on to a C-130 Hercules for shipment to Niigata Airport on July 18. The 374 AW provided 10,000 pounds of water and 100 air conditioning units to the Government of Japan after an earthquake hit one of Japans largest city on the Sea of Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Veronica Pierce)

    Yokota Airmen aid Japan after earthquake

    Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing flew Amabassador J. Thomas Schieffer, U.S. Ambassador to Japan and Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright, U.S. Forces Japan commander, to Niigata Prefecture July 18 for the delivery of supplies to victims of an earthquake that shook the northwest side of Japan July 16. The C-130 Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron
  • HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Col. Daniel Wyman, command surgeon of Pacific Air Forces, exchanges gifts with Sen. Col. Liu, Jiucheng, deputy director of the Epidemic Prevention Bureau, medical service department, general logistics department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army here July 12. A six-member Chinese delegation from medical fields shared their knowledge and experiences with PACAF during a visit to various components under U.S. Pacific Command July 9-13.

    Chinese and U.S. medical personnel share experiences

    Medical officials from the People's Liberation Army from China recently met here for the first time to share their experiences and knowledge with Pacific Air Forces. The six-member delegation's visit to PACAF was part of an overall trip headed by Pacific Command July 9-13. The team was comprised of five military members and a civilian, including
  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A Navy EA-6B Prowler of the Electronic Attack Squadron 209, Washington D.C. flies over the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex during Red Flag Alaska based at Eielson AFB, Alaska July 17, 2007. This exercise provides training for units preparing for air expeditionary force taskings. International partners include Japan, Mongolia, Spain,Thailand, Turkey and NATO. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Tana R.H. Stevenson)

    Prowling the Alaskan skies

  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Lt. Col. Meacham (L) and Maj. Urban (R), 63 Air Refueling Squadron, Selfridge ANG Base, MI., prepare to land after a refueling mission. Colonel Meacham and Maj. Urban refueled seven F-15's from Elmendorf AFB, AK., participating in Red Flag-Alaska 07-3. (U.S. Air Force photo by MSgt Brandt Smith) (Released)

    No fuel, no fight

  • Staff Sgts. James Cantu, Lance Schutts and Alejandro Castillo, from the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron, push a heavy piece of cargo onto an L-100 civilian aircraft at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 19. The plane travels to Osan AB, Korea; Yokota, AB, Misawa AB and Kadena three times a week delivering and picking up equipment. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Reynaldo Ramon

    733rd AMS practices smart logistics

    Working smarter, not harder was the focus of an annual logistics readiness workshop held here July 9-13, hosted by the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron. The workshop brought in experts from Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., to discuss and resolve logistics issues. "This is synergy in action," said Walter Decker, 715 AMOG/Chief of
  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Lt. Col. Richard Tabasco (R), and Capt Dave Cochran, with the 335th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson, N.C., prepare for an allied flight with Turkish and Spanish aviators at Red Flag Alaska July 16, 2007. This exercise provides unique opportunities to help integrate various forces into joint, coalition, and bilateral training from simulated forward operating bases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Tana R.H. Stevenson)

    RF-A: Step and pre-flight

  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A1C Jacob Trowbridge, 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC., connects a CAP-9 missile on an F-15E Strike Eagle before a mission at Red Flag-Alaska July 16, 2007. This exercise provides unique opportunities to help integrate various forces into joint, coalition, and bilateral training from simulated forward operating bases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Tana R.H. Stevenson)

    Maintaining the jets

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