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Down Under Diversion

Airmen joined Sailors in gaining some knowledge about Australian Rules Football from players representing the Melboune Demons Football Club at Gosch’s Paddock in Melbourne, Australia, March 4, 2011. The Airmen are from Kadena Air Base, Japan, and Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, while the Sailors are from the San Diego-based USS Shoup. The two groups took time out from attending the Avalon 2011 Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition in Geelong, Australia. The event is one of the largest airshows in the world. The U.S. and Australian alliance spans more than 60 years and provides an opportunity for U.S and senior military officials to engage with their Australian counterparts, and ultimately contribute toward interoperability between the forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

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Down Under Diversion

Airmen joined Sailors in gaining some knowledge about Australian Rules Football from players representing the Melboune Demons Football Club at Gosch’s Paddock in Melbourne, Australia, March 4, 2011. The Airmen are from Kadena Air Base, Japan, and Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, while the Sailors are from the San Diego-based USS Shoup. The two groups took time out from attending the Avalon 2011 Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition in Geelong, Australia. The event is one of the largest airshows in the world. The U.S. and Australian alliance spans more than 60 years and provides an opportunity for U.S and senior military officials to engage with their Australian counterparts, and ultimately contribute toward interoperability between the forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

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Down Under Diversion

Airmen joined Sailors in gaining some knowledge about Australian Rules Football from players representing the Melboune Demons Football Club at Gosch’s Paddock in Melbourne, Australia, March 4, 2011. The Airmen are from Kadena Air Base, Japan, and Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, while the Sailors are from the San Diego-based USS Shoup. The two groups took time out from attending the Avalon 2011 Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition in Geelong, Australia. The event is one of the largest airshows in the world. The U.S. and Australian alliance spans more than 60 years and provides an opportunity for U.S and senior military officials to engage with their Australian counterparts, and ultimately contribute toward interoperability between the forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

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Lending a hand

Col. Seth Bretscher assists the Royal Australian Air Force's security team by taking a bite from Rex, a Belgian Malinois member of the K-9 team, as handler RAAF Leading Aircraft Woman Cheryl Chaffey holds him back during the Avalon 2011 Australian International Airshow in Geelong, Australia, March 3, 2011. Colonel Bretscher is the Vice Commander of the 613th Air and Space Operations Center at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and is serving as the Air Force mission commander during the event. A variety of Air Force aircraft are displayed at the air show and some aerial performances are also included. Through participating in air shows and other regional events, the United States demonstrates its commitment to the security of the Asia-Pacific region, promotes the standardization and interoperability of equipment, and displays capabilities critical to the success of current and future military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. LuCelia Ball)

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Ambassador Tours C-17 Globemaster

Jeffrey L. Bleich, the American Ambassador to Australia, enjoys a seat in a C-17 Globemaster III while visiting U.S. personnel participating in the 2011 Australian International Airshow in Geelong, Australia, March 2, 2011. The event is one of the largest airshows in the world. The U.S. and Australian alliance spans more than 60 years and provides an opportunity for U.S and senior military officials to engage with their Australian counterparts, and ultimately contribute toward interoperability between the forces. The C-17 crew is assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

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Raising Spirits

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Capt. Rodger Malmgren shows a photo of his aircraft to a patient of the Royal Childrens Hospital here March 1, 2011. Captain Malmgren is a KC-135 pilot assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan. He and four of his aircrew members visited the hospital while participating in the Avalon 2011 Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition in Geelong, Australia. Through its participation in airshows and other regional events, the U.S. demonstrates its commitment to the security of the Asia-Pacific region, promotes the standardization and interoperability of equipment, and displays capabilities critical to the success of current and future military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cohen Young)

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Air Force Distinguished Public Service Award

Mr. Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the Air Force and Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, present the Air Force Distinguished Public Service Award to Dave Carey, president and chief executive officer of Outrigger Enterprises Group during a ceremony at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., Feb. 4. This is the highest honorary civilian award the Secretary of the Air Force may grant to a private citizen for his support of Airmen and their families. (Courtesy photo)

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US Air Force-Army-civilian team make medical history

An extra corporeal membrane oxygenation team from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, cares for a critically ill infant on-board a C-17 Globemaster III en route to California, July 2010. The ECMO team include (left to right): Maj. (Dr.) Melissa Tyree, 59th Maternal/Child Care Squadron; George Brandon, pediatric intensive care unit nurse; Capt. Terry Bailey, nurse, 59th Medical Inpatient Squadron; and Master Sgt. Thomas Kamin, 349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Air Force Reserve. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ Maj. Kreangkai Tyree)

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US Air Force-Army-civilian team make medical history

The medical team of Army, Air Force and civilian healthcare workers who took care of a civilian patient November 2010 as she was transported a record-setting 4,051 miles while being kept alive via Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation treatment included Lt. Col. (Dr.) Melissa Tyree (front) and (left to right): Kris Costales; Melody Kilcommons; and LTC (Dr.) Erik Osborn. (Courtesy photo)

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US Air Force-Army-civilian team make medical history

A civilian patient being moved onto a Gulfstream III jet on the special Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation stretcher that her joint-service/military-civilian medical team constructed from scratch in November 2010. This, the longest adult ECMO transport ever recorded, took approximately 12 hours from the patient’s Hawaii hospital bed to her Iowa hospital bed. (Courtesy photo)

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Cope Tiger

U.S., Singapore and Australian military servicemembers participate in a parade during the exercise Cope Tiger 2011 opening ceremony at Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore, on Dec. 13, 2010. Cope Tiger is an annual, multilateral aerial large force exercise conducted in the Asia-Pacific region. (Courtesy photo)

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Cope Tiger

Air chiefs and exercise Cope Tiger directors from the United States, Singapore, and Thailand participate in a parade during the exercise Cope Tiger 2011 opening ceremony at Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore, on Dec. 13, 2010. Cope Tiger is an annual, multilateral aerial large force exercise conducted in the Asia-Pacific region. (Courtesy photo)

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Cope Tiger

Air chiefs and exercise Cope Tiger directors from the United States, Singapore, and Thailand pose for a photo during the exercise Cope Tiger 2011 opening ceremony at Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore, on Dec. 13, 2010. Cope Tiger is an annual, multilateral aerial large force exercise conducted in the Asia-Pacific region. (Courtesy photo)

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Cope Tiger

Maj. Gen. Ng Chee Meng (right), Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force, presents Maj. Gen. Brooks Bash, Pacific Air Forces vice commander, with a commemorative plaque during the exercise Cope Tiger 2011 opening ceremony at Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore, on Dec. 13, 2010. Cope Tiger is an annual, multilateral aerial large force exercise conducted in the Asia-Pacific region. (Courtesy photo)

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13th Air Force Change of Command

Gen. Gary North (left), Pacific Air Forces commander, presents Lt. Gen. Ted Kresge with the 13th Air Force unit flag during the a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, on Dec. 10, 2010. Lt. Gen. Hawk Carlisle relinquished command of 13th Air Force to Lt. Gen. Ted Kresge during the ceremony presided over by General North.

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13th Air Force Change of Command

Gen. Gary North (left), Pacific Air Forces commander, Lt. Gen. Hawk Carlisle and Lt. Gen. Ted Kresge, during the 13th Air Force change of command at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, on Dec. 10, 2010. General Carlisle relinquished command of 13th Air Force to Lt. Gen. Ted Kresge during the ceremony presided over by General North.

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Sun sets on Keen Sword

A formation of ships and aircraft from the U.S. military and Japan Self Defense Force cap the end of exercise Keen Sword, which took place Dec. 3-10. Identified as the largest joint, bilateral field training exercise between the two nations in Japan, Keen Sword 11 was designed to allow the two militaries 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)

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Final shots of Keen Sword

Ships from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force cruise in the Pacific Ocean at the conclusion of exercise Keen Sword, which took place Dec. 3-10. The exchange brought together more than 40,000 U.S. and Japanese military personnel and focused on integrated air and missile defense, base security and force protection, search and rescue, and maritime defense and interdiction. More than 400 aircraft participated in the exercise and were operated bilaterally with at least 60 ships and missile defense equipment. (U.S. Navy photo)

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Final shots of Keen Sword

A formation of ships from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force cruise in the Pacific Ocean at the conclusion of exercise Keen Sword, which took place Dec. 3-10. Identified as the largest joint, bilateral field training exercise between the two nations in Japan, Keen Sword 11 was designed to allow the two militaries 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)

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Final shots of Keen Sword

A formation of ships from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force cruise in the Pacific Ocean at the conclusion of exercise Keen Sword, which took place Dec. 3-10. Identified as the largest joint, bilateral field training exercise between the two nations in Japan, Keen Sword 11 was designed to allow the two militaries 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)

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