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  • Oklahoma Air National Guard 125th EFS prepares for Kadena deployment

    Approximately 200 Airmen and 12 F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 125th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron located at Tulsa Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma, will deploy to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, mid-October in support of the U.S. Pacific Command Theater Security Package.The TSP deployment is

  • 354th SFS members complete Mark 19 training

    Senior Airman Jordan Thompson, a 168th Alaska Air National Guard combat arms training instructor, nods in approval as Airman 1st Class Nathaniel Kibler, a 354th Security Forces Squadron response force member, fires a Mark 19 grenade launcher during training Sept. 9, 2015, at Eielson Air Force Base,

  • RQ-4 Global Hawk operates eyes in sky

    Several R-Q4 Global Hawks and approximately 40 support and operations personnel are deployed to Misawa Air Base for the aircraft's second rotation here.   The Global Hawk supports U.S. intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions and contingency operations throughout the

  • Yokota airlifters finish RF-A exercise

    Airmen with, and in support of, the 36th Airlift Squadron returned to Yokota Air Base Aug. 24 after traveling to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 2 through 24 to train combat airlift capabilities and increase joint and multinational relationships at RED FLAG-Alaska.   The 98-member

  • 20th EBS supports CBP at Andersen

    Two U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, taxi on the flightline Aug. 22, 2015, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Bomber crews with the 20th EBS are part of U.S. Pacific Command’s continuous bomber presence and

  • Whiteman Airmen, B-2s maintain readiness in Guam

    About 225 Airmen and three B-2 Spirits from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, deployed here August 7 to conduct familiarization training activities in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.   The goal of the training is to maintain force readiness by conducting flight operations in an environment outside

  • Yokota soars at RED FLAG-Alaska

    A C-130 Hercules with the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force lands on an austere runway used for training during RED FLAG-Alaska at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2015. The training allowed C-130 aircrew to practice austere landings and take offs, combat offloads and supply drops,

  • Minnesota ANG participates in 1st RF-A

    Approximately 130 Airmen and eight F-16 Fighting Falcons with the 148th Fighter Wing from Duluth, Minnesota, are participating in RED FLAG-Alaska 15-3.   This is the first RF-A for the 148th FW, and it gives the unit the opportunity to train in its primary suppression of enemy air defense, or SEAD,

  • Munitions flight blows doors off RED FLAG-Alaska

    One unique aspect of Eielson is its seasons; in fact it only really has two seasons -- RED FLAG-Alaska season and RF-A preparation season.   The Airmen at the 354th Maintenance Squadron's munitions flight know this very well.   "We support the 18th Aggressor Squadron with countermeasures and

  • Whiteman AFB B-2 bombers deploy to Guam

    Three B-2 bombers and approximately 225 Airmen from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Aug. 7 to conduct familiarization training activities in the Pacific region.   This training deployment demonstrates continuing U.S. commitment to regular, global