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  • IAF overcomes challenges, takes best practices from RF-Alaska

    With 5,300 miles between them and home maintenance airmen from the Indian Air Force, 14 Fighter Squadron from Ambala Air Base, India are experiencing a far different climate, terrain and common work practices while they participate in RED FLAG-Alaska 16-1.While at Eielson they will simulate the

  • Yokota supports Iwakuni Air Show

    Members of Yokota Air Base, Japan, supported the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day Air Show, May 5. Yokota provided a C-12 Huron and UH-1N Huey as static displays for the event.

  • Air traffic controller ops in high gear for RED FLAG-Alaska

    RED FLAG-Alaska 16-1 is in full swing and the air traffic controllers are the backbone to ensuring every aircraft takes off and lands safely.RF-A usually brings various airframes into the mission, which adds complexity to the air traffic controllers’ mission.“Mixing all the different airframes

  • Flying for RED FLAG-Alaska

    Sorties are flown during RED FLAG - Alaska May 4 over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, a more than 67,000 square mile area that provides a realistic training environment and allows commanders to train for full spectrum engagements, ranging from individual skills to complex, large-scale joint

  • Indian Air Force lands in prepration of RF-A 16-1

    Members and aircraft with the Indian Air Force landed at Eielson Air Force Base in preparation for RED FLAG-Alaska, a two-week exercise that provides U.S. and allied pilots, aircrews and operational support personnel the opportunity to train and improve their air combat skills in preparation for a

  • A-10's complete second USPACOM Air Contingent mission

    Five U.S. A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft with the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, part of U.S. Pacific Command’s first iteration of an Air Contingent, completed their second mission at Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 20, 2016. The Air Contingent was established at the

  • PACAF honors Filipino-American veterans during ceremony

    Maj. Gen. Thomas Harwood III, Mobilization Assistant to the commander of Pacific Air Forces, attended the 74th Commemoration of “Araw ng Kagitingan” or Philippine Day of Valor, April 16 to honor Filipino-American veterans of WWII.

  • Yokota aids Japan with earthquake relief

    The 374th Airlift Wing sent two C-130 Hercules aircraft and aircrew to the Kyushu region April 18, supporting the government of Japan in their relief efforts for the series of earthquakes that took place in Kumamoto Prefecture and surrounding areas.

  • Philippine AF flies with Yokota during exercise Balikatan

    Members of the Philippine Air Force's 220th Airlift Wing flew with Airmen from the 36th Airlift Squadron out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, as part of exercise Balikatan 16, an annual exercise that focuses on the longstanding partnership between the U.S. and the Philippines. This year marked the 32nd

  • PACAF Airmen stand up Air Contingent in Philippines

    Pacific Air Forces Airmen stood up the first rotation of an Air Contingent at Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 16, following a joint announcement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin in Manila that highlighted several initiatives aimed to enhance