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Keen Sword 2010

An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron 115 lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington is on patrol in the western Pacific Ocean and preparing to participate in exercise Keen Sword 2010, a biennial exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Keen Sword allows the U.S. and Japan to practice and evaluate the coordination procedures and interoperability elements required to effectively and mutually respond to the defense of Japan or to a regional crisis or contingency situation in the Asia-pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Cheng S. Yang)

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Keen Sword 2010

U.S. Airmen from the 35th Maintaince Squadron marshal an F-16 Flying Falcons from Misawa Air Base, Japan, on the Komatsu Air Base, Japan, runway Dec. 1, 2010. Twelve F-16s and more than 160 Airmen from Misawa AB arrived in support of Keen Sword 2010. The exercise includes more than 10,000 U.S. participants from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Strysan Murrell)

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Keen Sword 2010

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Clinton Smith, 35th Aircaft Maintenance Squadron avionics specialist, pins landing gear to an F-16 Eagle Fighting Falcon from Misawa Air Base, Japan, after the aircraft landed at Komatsu Air Base, Japan, on Dec. 1, 2010. The aircraft is one of 12 F-16s that arrived in support of exercise Keen Sword operations. Keen Sword 2011 is the tenth joint-bilateral field training exercise since 1986 involving Japan Self Defense Forces and United States military forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Cammie Quinn)

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Keen Sword 2010

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Holubik, a crew chief from the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Misawa Air Base, Japan, marshals an F-16 Flying Falcon on the Komatsu Air Base, Japan, runway Dec. 1, 2010. Sergeant Holubik is among more than 160 Airmen from Misawa AB who have traveled to Komatsu in support of the biennial Keen Sword exercise scheduled Dec. 3 through 10. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Cammie Quinn)

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Keen Sword

50 years of U.S.-Japan Defense Alliance

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CCATT East element

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Peter Crawley (left), chief, Critical Care Air Transport Team East element, Captain Tina Hall, a flight nurse with CCATT East element, and a Hawaii American Medical Response technician, transport a critically ill patient from a KC-135 to Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, on Nov. 23, 2010. The CCATT is a specialized, three-person medical team whose primary mission is to provide critical care management for critically ill or injured patients who require transport to advanced medical treatment facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Kerry Jackson)

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CCATT East element

Medical personnel from the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squardon at Kaden Air Base Japan, the 15th Medical Group and Critical Care Air Transport Team East element at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, transport a critically ill patient from a KC-135 Stratotanker to Tripler on Nov. 17, 2010. This is the first time CCATT East element has transported a critically ill patient during peacetime. The CCATT is a specialized, three-person medical team whose primary mission is to provide critical care management for critically ill or injured patients who require transport to advanced medical treatment facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Kerry Jackson)

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CCATT East element

Staff Sgt. Michael Reyes (left), Maj. (Dr.) Aaron Field, and Capt. John Michael Fowler, aeromedical evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Team East members, transport a critically ill patient from a KC-135 Stratotanker to Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, on Nov. 17, 2010. This is the first time CCATT East element has transported a critically ill patient during peacetime. The CCATT is a specialized, three-person medical team whose primary mission is to provide critical care management for critically ill or injured patients who require transport to advanced medical treatment facilities. Sergeant Reyes is an aeromedical evacuation technician from 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan; Major Fields is chief of CCATT East element at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and Captain Fowler is a flight nurses assigned to CCATT East element. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Kerry Jackson)

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613th AOC change of command

Col. Allan Kollien (center) assumes command of the 613th Air And Space Operations Center at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Nov. 11, 2010. Colonel Kollien, who was previously the 613th AOC vice commander, will as commander, lead one of five AN/USQ-163 FALCONER weapon systems worldwide through which a commander of Air Force Forces or a joint force air component commander exercises command and control of air, space, and information forces. (Air Force photo/ David D. Underwood, Jr.)

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613th SPTG Inactivation

Lt. Gen. Hawk Carlisle (left), 13th Air Force commander and Col. Seth Bretscher, the 613th Support Group commander, encase the 613 SPTG unit flag a final time before the unit inactivated during a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Nov. 8, 2010. The 613th SPTG became operational Dec. 16, 2005, and was comprised of the 17th Operational Weather Squadron and the 56th Air and Space Communications Squadron. The unit provided operational and personnel support to the 13th AF mission to plan, command and control, execute, and assess air, space, and information operations in the United States Pacific Command’s Area of Operations. (Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Victoria Meyer)

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613th SPTG Inactivation

Col. Seth Bretscher, the 613th Support Group commander, salutes his unit a final time before the unit inactivated during a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Nov. 8, 2010. The 613th SPTG became operational Dec. 16, 2005, and was comprised of the 17th Operational Weather Squadron and the 56th Air and Space Communications Squadron. The unit provided operational and personnel support to the 13th AF mission to plan, command and control, execute, and assess air, space, and information operations in the United States Pacific Command’s Area of Operations. (Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Victoria Meyer)

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ODF 2010

Lt. Col. Edward "Hertz" Vaughan is the commander of the 13th Expeditionary Support Squadron and deputy commander of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group, assigned to the 13 Air Force-led Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The 13th AEG and military members from the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army, and Coast Guard are lending operational and logistical support to the National Science Foundation's research and exploration in Antarctica. This support is provided by the Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, led by 13th Air Force at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. JTF SFA coordinates strategic intertheater airlift, tactical deep field support, aeromedical evacuation support, search and rescue response, sealift, seaport access, bulk fuel supply, port cargo handling, and transportation requirements. Operation Deep Freeze is scheduled through Feb. 24, 2011. (courtesy photo)

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ODF 2010

Lt. Col. Edward "Hertz" Vaughan is the commander of the 13th Expeditionary Support Squadron and deputy commander of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group, assigned to the 13 Air Force-led Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The 13th AEG and military members from the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army, and Coast Guard are lending operational and logistical support to the National Science Foundation's research and exploration in Antarctica. This support is provided by the Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, led by 13th Air Force at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. JTF SFA coordinates strategic intertheater airlift, tactical deep field support, aeromedical evacuation support, search and rescue response, sealift, seaport access, bulk fuel supply, port cargo handling, and transportation requirements. Operation Deep Freeze is scheduled through Feb. 24, 2011. (courtesy photo)

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ODF 2010

Personnel from the National Science Foundation travel via a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III en route to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on October 28, 2010. The U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army, and Coast Guard are lending operational and logistical support to the NSF's research and exploration efforts in Antarctica. This support is provided by the Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, led by 13th Air Force at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. JTF SFA coordinates strategic intertheater airlift, tactical deep field support, aeromedical evacuation support, search and rescue response, sealift, seaport access, bulk fuel supply, port cargo handling, and transportation requirements. Operation Deep Freeze is scheduled through Feb. 24, 2011. (courtesy photo)

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ODF 2010

Personnel from the National Science Foundation depart a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on October 28, 2010. The U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army, and Coast Guard are lending operational and logistical support to the NSF's research and exploration efforts in Antarctica. This support is provided by the Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, led by 13th Air Force at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. JTF SFA coordinates strategic intertheater airlift, tactical deep field support, aeromedical evacuation support, search and rescue response, sealift, seaport access, bulk fuel supply, port cargo handling, and transportation requirements. Operation Deep Freeze is scheduled through Feb. 24, 2011. (courtesy photo)

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