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  • ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The last C-130 from 517th Airlift Squadron takes off from here heading to Yokota Air Base, Japan. After 43 years of continuous service in Alaska, the C-130 is leaving to fulfill a reorganization of aircraft basing to make its mission more efficient. The 517th AS is converting C-17s and the C-130s relocating to Yokota AB will replace the "E" models and will add two more "H" models to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airmen 1st Class Jonathan Steffen)

    Farewell Hercules

  • Spouses to Teachers Expands to Pacific

    Military spouses living overseas and interested in a professional and portable teaching career now have additional assistance with the Spouses to Teachers program. Effective throughout the U.S. Pacific Command since Feb. 1, Spouses to Teachers offers resources and counseling to military spouses searching for employment in Alaska, Hawaii, Japan,
  • CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii -- Admiral Timothy J. Keating, left, former commander of U.S. Northern Command, assumes command of U.S. Pacific Command from Lt. Gen. Daniel P. Leaf in a ceremony here today. (U.S. Pacific Command photo by U.S. Navy MC3 Elisia Gonzalez) (Released)

    Keating takes helm of U.S. Pacific Command

    Admiral Timothy J. Keating, former commander of U.S. Northern Command, assumed command of U.S. Pacific Command in a ceremony here today. Admiral Keating assumed command from Lt. Gen. Daniel P. Leaf, deputy commander of PACOM, who served as acting commander after the departure of Admiral William J. Fallon March 12 to U.S. Central Command. Admiral
  • Tech Sergeant Miles Nakamura, a crew chief with the Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th Wing Group, Hickam air Force Base, Hawaii, prepares steel plates for placement in the flightdeck of a C-17 Globemaster III. The plates will provide additional protection to the pilots in the cockpit as they operate in Iraq.(Photo by Army Sergeant Catherine Talento)

    Airmen in the Fight: C-17 Crew Delivers Supplies and Troops to and from Iraq

    It's late in the afternoon on Spangdahlem Air Base Germany and the crew of Reach 5152 are preparing for the evening's mission. Up in the flight deck pilots First Lieutenant Mike Boyer and Captain John Ramsey are running pre-flight checklists, while down below Staff Sergeant Ryan Page and Master Sergeant Mike Cumberland are checking the cargo and
  • OVER ALASKA -- Capt. Ryan Hendrickson looks out over the vast Alaska wilderness during the final C-130 flight for the 517th Airlift Squadron March 23. After 43 years of continuous service in Alaska, the flight marked the end of the C-130 era at the 517th AS and will see the C-17 taking over the mission soon. The flight was also significant for other reasons to Captain Hendrickson, who proposed to his girlfriend, Charui, shortly after landing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown)

    Final Chapter

  • Professional Women Share Past Hardships

    Professional Women Share Past Hardships

    Five professional women shared their struggles at Wednesday's Women's History Month Brown Bag Luncheon held at the Nellis Chapel Annex. "You should be barefoot and pregnant," said luncheon panelist Chief Master Sgt. Debra Garza, Security Forces Manager, quoting her ex-boyfriend's father telling her as she first expressed her decision to join the
  • Staff Sgt. Justin Mollahan, engine specialist with the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan, checks out the engine on a Misawa F-16 Monday at Avalon Airport, Victoria, Australia, in preparation for redeployment Tuesday back to Japan. Pacific Air Forces Airmen were there to support Australian International Airshow 07. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Yvonne Levardi)

    F-16s get ready to go home

  • Maj. Pete Axtell, demo pilot with the 535th Airlift Squadron, 15th Airlift Wing, Hickam Air Force Base, Hi., talks with visitors at Australian International Airshow 07. Pacific Air Forces Airmen are in Australia supporting the airshow. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Yvonne Levardi)

    Australian International Airshow 07

  • Capt. C.D. Henderson talks with children from Lara Primary School in Victoria, Australia, March 22 about his experiences in the Air Force. Captain Henderson is an electronic warfare officer with the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Yvonne Levardi)

    Airmen visit Australian primary school

    At a primary school about 15 kilometers from this year's Australian International Air Show, a group of Airmen introduced themselves and the U.S. Air Force to local primary school students curious about the airplanes they've seen flying overhead during the last few days. During the school visit the group took questions from the kids who wanted to

  • Alaska team effort aids injured British Sailor

    Team Alaska came through for a wounded British Sailor Wednesday when he was injured during a deadly explosion aboard the Royal Navy submarine HMS Tireless operating in Arctic waters north of Prudhoe Bay. The submarine experienced an explosion of a self-contained oxygen generation candle that killed two Sailors and injured the third late Tuesday
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