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  • Managing the battlefield, JTACs captialize on A-10 capabilities

    U.S. Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, or JTACs, are a part of specialized Tactical Air Control Party teams, who along with other supporting personnel, have the responsibility of calling in airstrikes on the right targets when and where needed. These Airmen are often imbedded with U.S.

  • Sri Lanka Air Force, JASDF, meet with USAF Search and Rescue

    Representatives of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) and Japanese Ministry of Defense participated in a trilateral search and rescue (SAR) exchange hosted by the 459th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 13, 2019.The exchange was a free flow of information regarding SAR practices between the

  • US military personnel, aircraft attend AVALON 19

    Approximately 130 U.S. military personnel and aircraft are scheduled to attend the 2019 Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition at Avalon Airport, Victoria, Australia, Feb. 26 - March 3, 2019.

  • Japan-U.S. Joint Concert

    This past weekend the USAF Band of the Pacific teamed up with the Hamura Daiichi Jr. High School Band to play as one during the 11th annual Japan-U.S. Joint Concert organized by the North Kanto Defense Bureau Ministry of Defense. The performance demonstrated the close partnership and friendships

  • 374 CES, MDG Team up for Quality Care

    Approximately 150 feet of weather-resistant corridor designed to safely transport patients from one area of the hospital to another now stands in front of the hospital at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Two days prior it was just a parking lot, now it stands as not only a symbol of the level of patient care

  • 8th FW leaders conduct housing review

    At the direction of the Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein installation leaders worldwide are conducting a 100 percent review of the safety and health of military family housing before March 1.Wilson and Goldfein made the decision after Senate Armed Services

  • COPE North Pacific Defender Commando Warrior 19-1

    U.S. Air Force defenders from across Pacific Air Forces work with defenders from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) during COPE North 19, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The long-standing exercise is designed to enhance multilateral air