Andersen commemorates AFOSI 60th anniversary

Members of the Andersen Honor Guard and Air Force Office of Special Investigation, Detachment 602, conduct reveille in front of Arc Light Memorial park on Andersen Air Force Base commemorating the 60th Anniversary of AFOSI. Situated across the Pacific dateline, Det 602 is the first AFOSI detachment

Final flight of the A-10 Thunderbolt at Eielson

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

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

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

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

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,

Aggressors over Alaska

Red Flag-Alaska: A Continued Success!

Rising Sun at Red Flag