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  • U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Franklin Perez, the Airman Leadership School (ALS) Commandant, speaks to Warrant Officer Katsumi Yamazaki, the Japan Air Self Defense Force senior enlisted advisor, about ALS, June 23, 2017, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. During Yamazaki’s tour, he visited ALS and the First Term Airmen Center where he learned how the Air Force grooms Airmen into non-commissioned officers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Isaac Johnson)

    U.S., Japan senior enlisted leaders exchange ideas in Alaska

    Japanese Air Self-Defense Force senior enlisted advisors met with U.S. Air Force leaders here, June 21-24 to learn about base operations, and exchange both military and cultural ideas with their American counterparts.
  • U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ryan Ley, fighter pilot assigned to the 14th Fighter Squadron prepares for a flight on an F-16 during RED FLAG-Alaska 17-2 June 16, 2017, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RED FLAG-Alaska provides an optimal training environment in the Indo-Asia Pacific Region and focuses on improving ground, space, and cyberspace combat readiness and interoperability for U.S. and international forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haley D. Phillips)

    Red Flag-Alaska concludes; Misawa tactics, teamwork primed

    In a place where the sun never sets, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska has been the perfect home to more than 60 aircraft and their squadrons as they took to the skies to further readiness, strengthen interoperability with allies and challenge the status quo to ensure air superiority.
  • A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker during RED FLAG-Alaska 17-2 June 16, 2017, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RED FLAG-Alaska provides an optimal training environment in the Indo-Asia Pacific Region and focuses on improving ground, space, and cyberspace combat readiness and interoperability for U.S. and international forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Douglas Ellis)

    Red Flag-Alaska affords Airmen experience of a lifetime

    The Alaskan summer sky dims only slightly as Airmen and aircraft from a myriad of countries pack up their gear, preparing to depart for their respective homes. Approximately 1,500 personnel and more than 100 aircraft from the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Denmark, Thailand and other nations participated in more than 300 flight hours of challenging training during this iteration of RED FLAG-Alaska 17-2.
  • Medical professionals from the U.S. Air Force, Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Royal Australian Air Force traveled to Paaralang Elementary school to provide students information about oral heath, general hygiene and rabies prevention during Pacific Angel in Lila, Philippines, Aug. 17, 2015. Pacific Angel is a multilateral humanitarian assistance civil military operation, which improves military-to-military partnerships in the Pacific while also providing medical health outreach, civic engineering projects and subject matter exchanges among partner forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Oelrich/Released)

    Pacific Angel 2017 begins in the Philippines

    The Armed Forces of the Philippines and United States forces will work together to conduct humanitarian assistance engagements from June 23-July 3, 2017, as part of Pacific Angel 2017.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Goebel, left, and Airman 1st Class Anthony Ohara, right, both 35th Operations Support Squadron weather forecasters, analyze climate patterns during RED FLAG-Alaska 17-2 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 16, 2017. Goebel and Ohara were in charge of running the weather flight for RF-A, which consisted of seven other Air National Guardsman from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)

    Misawa weather warriors prove invaluable during Red Flag- Alaska

    Two weather forecasters from Misawa Air Base, Japan, were responsible for advising 100 pilots flying 86 aircraft and more than 1,500 personnel for the entirety of Red Flag-Alaska 17-2.
  • Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, fly a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, with two Republic of Korea air force F-15s in the vicinity of the Korean peninsula, June 20, 2017. These flights with the Republic of Korea (ROK) demonstrate solidarity between the ROK and U.S. to defend against provocative and destabilizing actions in the Pacific theater. (Courtesy photo)

    U.S. conducts bilateral missions with Japan, Republic of Korea

    Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flew from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, for a 10-hour mission, flying in the vicinity of Kyushu, Japan, the East China Sea, and the Korean peninsula, June 20, 2017.
  • A Republic of Korea Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker, above Canada, during Red Flag-Alaska 17-2, June 13, 2017. Red Flag is an international exercise aimed to enhance partnerships and combat effectiveness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chris Thornbury)

    KC-135s refuel international partners at Red Flag-Alaska

    Four McConnell aircrews took two KC-135 Stratotankers to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to provide joint warfighting support during the 2-week exercise, Red Flag-Alaska 17-2, which began June 12.
  • Republic of Korea Air Force, U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members begin mission planning during RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 17-2, June 12, 2017, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A is a two-week, multilateral large force exercise with many other nations, including Denmark, Finland and Israel, who participate to better overall tactics as one cohesive unit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)

    Red Flag-Alaska planning fortifies multinational tactics

    Groups of pilots and mission coordinators jostle their eyes between a large screen and a map of the airspace during a mission planning brief with Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a fellow Air Force Base out of Anchorage, Alaska, on June 12.
  • Pilots listen to a mass briefing during the large force exercise Red Flag-Alaska 17-2 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 7, 2017. U.S. service members from all branches and several air forces from other countries including the Royal Thai, Republic of Korea, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Finland, Denmark and Israel's air forces. They worked together to improve their tactical fluidity as they work cohesively, executing the objective. Exercises of this nature are vital to maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific theatre and signifies our continued commitment to the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)

    Misawa F-16s enhance readiness at Red Flag-Alaska

    The 14th Fighter Squadron from Misawa Air Base, Japan, took to the skies during Red Flag-Alaska 17-2 at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska from June 8-23.
  • U.S. Army Pfc. Nicholas Marsh, 8th Military Police Brigade, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, competes in the second annual Security Forces Advanced Combat Skills Assessment June 7, 2017 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Over 100 Airmen and Soldiers throughout U.S. Pacific Command’s area of responsibility gathered to compete in five different categories: weapons, tactics, combat fitness, mental and physical challenge, and military working dog handling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gerald R. Willis)

    Airmen, Soldiers refine combat skills

    Over 100 Airmen and Soldiers throughout U.S. Pacific Command’s area of responsibility gathered to compete in the second annual Security Forces Advanced Combat Skills Assessment at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 7, 2016.
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