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  • PACAF plans, executes Navy VAQ-138 ‘Growler’ Air Contingent operations at Clark Air Base

    Since their arrival June 15, the U.S. Navy detachment supporting four EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft officially begin their daily operations here June 20, 2016. The Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 138 expeditionary detachment will conduct operations that include training with Armed Forces of the Philippines (FA-50 aircraft pilots and providing support for routine operational missions that enhance regional maritime domain awareness.
  • Members of the 18th Component Maintenance Squadron engine test facility, run an F-15 Eagle engine at full afterburner while checking for leaks and any other issues January 5, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The facility is one of a kind facility built in the 90’s and was paid for by the Government of Japan in an effort to reduce noise pollution in the local community while maintaining the critical role being able to test and have F-15 engines ready at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Omari Bernard)

    Running full afterburner: Kadena’s Engine Test Facility reduces noise

    Many communities surrounding Kadena Air Base experience their share of F-15 Eagle engine noise, what some would call the sound of freedom, thankfully there is one area that quiets the powerful engine. The 18th Component Maintenance Squadron’s one of a kind Engine Test Facility runs engines at full afterburner and surrounding neighbors never know.
  • F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the Minnesota Air National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing taxi off the runway after a training sortie, June 21, 2016, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The Airmen and F-16s from the 148th FW deployed to Osan as part of a Theater Security Package for U.S. Pacific Command and Pacific Air Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Victor J. Caputo/Released)

    Bulldogs integrate with Mustangs

    The Air National Guard is frequently called upon when U.S. Pacific Command needs additional assets to deliver rapid air capabilities in the Pacific region, and Airmen from the 148th Fighter Wing out of Duluth, Minnesota, are currently stepping up to that call.
  • U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, William Heidt, poses for a photo with members of Pacific Angel Team at Wat Steung Primary School after the closing ceremony of Pacific Angel 16-2 June 20, 2016, in Kampot Province, Cambodia. Pacific Angel 16-2 is a humanitarian assistance/civil military operation mission designed to foster relations and partnerships between the U.S., Cambodia and several other partner nations through subject matter expert exchanges, medical aid and civil engineering projects. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Omari Bernard/Released)

    Pacific Angel 16-2 concludes with closing ceremony

    Pacific Angel 16-2 to Kampot Province, Cambodia, came to an official end June 20 during a closing ceremony at Wat Seung Primary School, one of the sites renovated by multinational civil engineers during the humanitarian mission.
  • Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Sgt. Ngin Samnang, Royal Cambodian Army engineer, works alongside Royal Australian Air Force Lead Aircraftsman Anthonly Holmes, 65th Squadron engineer; Townsville, Australia, to paint the shudders of a health center during Pacific Angel 16-2 June 15, 2016, in Kampot Province, Cambodia. Pacific Angel is a humanitarian assistance/civil military operation mission that builds partner capacity through medical/health outreach, engineering civic projects and subject matter exchanges. The U.S. military is always seeking opportunities to strengthen its relationship with other nations’ militaries through activities and engagements such as Pacific Angel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Omari Bernard/Released)

    Pacific Angel Engineers build partnerships in Cambodia

    Civil Engineers from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, Royal Australian Air Force and the U.S. Armed Forces worked together to repair schools and health centers in Kampot Province, Cambodia, during Pacific Angel 16-2, a multilateral humanitarian assistance/civil military mission.
  • People from surrounding villages in Kampot Province wait patiently outside of a medical site to be seen during Pacific Angel 16-2, June 15, 2016, in Kampot Province, Cambodia. During Pacific Angel 16-2 the multilateral Pacific Angel medical team of providers saw more 1,500 patients within the first three days of the humanitarian mission. Pacific Angel ensures that the region’s militaries are prepared to work together to address humanitarian crises in case of natural disasters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Omari Bernard/released)

    PACANGEL 16-2 medics work together to bring medical care to Kampot

    A hospital is a place of healing and recovery. It is a sanctuary where medical treatment can be found and provided for the sick or injured. Thanks to Pacific Angel 16-2, the quality care found within a hospital is now being given to the people of Kampot Province, Cambodia.
  • Hand-drawn lettering reading “98 US PW 5-10-43” marks a coral head near the shoreline of the Wake Island lagoon in the mid-Pacific. American forces on the island, led by the U.S. Marine Corps 1st Marine Defense Battalion and aircraft from Marine Attack Squadron 211, held out against Japanese assaults for 15 days. Nearly 1,200 civilian workers, racing to develop the island’s airfield in the closing months of 1941, were on the island and participated in the battle. The Americans surrendered on December 23 and 98 of the civilian workers of Wake were kept on the island to aid the Japanese with heavy equipment operation. The “98” were executed by the Japanese on October 5, but an unknown worker escaped and inscribed the event in rock before he was recaptured. The final member of the 98 was personally executed by Japanese Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara, who was later convicted of and hanged for war crimes in a 1947 tribunal. (U.S. Air Force photos/1st Lt. Michael Trent Harrington)

    Supporting mission: 611th ASUS ensures island functions

    Air Force jobs run nearly the entire occupational spectrum, including every trade from piloting to carpentry to logistics. The men and women of the 611th Air Support Squadron Quality Assurance team sum all of those occupations and add another: running an island.On June 11, the QA team finished a 10-day assessment of Wake Island, 3,600 miles
  • In this file photo, an EA-18G Growler assigned to the Yellow Jackets of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 138 lands on the runway of Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. (U.S. Navy/MC1 Frank L. Andrews)

    PACAF, PACFLT coordinate arrival of VAQ-138 detachment in Philippines

    After coordination and planning efforts by U.S. Pacific Command’s Joint Force Air Component Command headquartered at Pacific Air Forces, the first temporary detachment of U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft arrived at Clark Air Base, Philippines, June 15. This detachment, comprised of four aircraft and about 120 personnel
  • Phon Pagna, a dental administrator for East Meets West non-governmental organization examines a young Cambodian girl from Angchhum Trapeang Chhouk School in Kampot Province, Cambodia, June 15, 2016, as part of a dental hygiene outreach event during Pacific Angel 16-2. Approximately 187 children from the school attended the event and received oral hygiene education and fluoride treatments. The oral hygiene education day was planned by East Meets West NGO in partnership with the Kampot Provincial Health Clinic, but executed by both U.S., Australian and Cambodian dentists and volunteers, further building on the relationships formed throughout the Pacific Angel 16-2 mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Susan Harrington/Released)

    Schoolchildren take field trip to visit PACANGEL dentists

    Approximately 187 children from Angchhum Trapeang Chhouk School in Kampot Province, Cambodia, took a morning fiel dtrip June 15 to Pacific Angel 16-2’s health services outreach location in order to receive oral hygiene education and fluoride treatments.
  • Airmen with the 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit complete a fuel probe inspection June 14, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The fuel probe was tested for its stress limits during in-flight refueling procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Lynette M. Rolen)

    That others may live

    The 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit recently completed a 300-hour inspection, one which is done for every 300 hours of flight, June 14.
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