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  • Airman 1st Class Sean Dearduff, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, Yokota Air Base, Japan, treats a simulated victim mid-air during a Department of Defense Rescue Technician course, Sept. 9, 2019, at Osan AB, Republic of Korea. Instructors from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam’s 554th RED HORSE Squadron trained and tested 10 Pacific Air Forces firefighters from three bases on high-risk, elevated and confined space rescue tactics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Nash)

    Firefighters rescue, treat Airmen mid-air

    Instructors from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam’s 554th RED HORSE Squadron trained and tested 10 Pacific Air Forces firefighters from three bases on high-risk, elevated and confined space rescue tactics.
  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and Gen. CQ Brown Jr., Pacific Air Forces Commander, met with senior Vietnamese officials in Hanoi, Vietnam, in August 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Air Force generals Goldfein, Brown make historic visit to Vietnam

    For Americans of a certain age like Goldfein and Brown, Vietnam remains an unshakable memory even today, 44 years after the era-defining war ended. The memory and the reactions it triggers are even more pronounced for people like Goldfein and Brown – second-generation service members whose fathers fought in a war whose legacy continues to influence military thinking and strategy to this day.
  • Airmen from the 51st Medical Group advance the flightline to transport a soldier from Camp Zama, Japan during Operation Ascending Eagle, Aug. 28, 2019, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Air Force and Army medics jointly operated in the simulated large casualty training to enhance their aeromedical evacuation and patient transportation procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Nash)

    Air Force, Army medevacs 30 patients

    Chaos ensues on the flightline as 30 battered and bruised patients ail from injuries suffered during simulated wartime contingencies. Responsible for rapidly responding and stabilizing the situation, a special crew of U.S. Air Force and Army medical professionals rush to the scene with one objective: to safely care and transport Army soldiers onto a C-130J Super Hercules en route to a medical treatment facility at Yokoto Air Base. Utilizing Osan Air Base’s flightline for its patient staging capabilities, the 51st Medical Group and Fort Shafter, Hawaii’s 18th Medical Command jointly operated in Operation Ascending Eagle, Aug. 28, 2019, with their mission to enhance their rapid treatment of traumatized patients in a large casualty emergency.
  • Maj. Gen. David Burgy, Air National Guard assistant to the Pacific Air Forces commander, provides opening remarks during the Airman-to-Airman talks at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 20, 2019. A2A talks are jointly held discussions between United States and partner nation air forces designed to bolster relations and provide an opportunity to share best practices from a variety of subject matter areas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mikaley Kline)

    Pacific Air Forces hosts third US-Sri Lanka Airman-to-Airman talks

    Pacific Air Forces hosted service members from the Sri Lanka air force for Airman-to-Airman talks here, Aug. 19-22.
  • Kahu Kordell Kekoa, a local pastor, placed rainwater on the hands of Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, and his wife, Sharene during a 75th anniversary ceremony in the Courtyard of Heroes at Headquarters PACAF, Aug. 2, 2019. The Far East Air Forces was activated on Aug. 3, 1944 at Brisbane, Australia, under the command of Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney. Over the next 18 months, FEAF moved from Brisbane to New Guinea, the Philippines and then to Japan. The FEAF moved from Fuchu Air station, Japan, to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on July 1, 1957, and was redesignated Pacific Air Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mikaley Kline)

    Pacific Air Forces honors 75th Anniversary during ceremony

    The 75th Anniversary of Far East Air Forces, also known as Pacific Air Forces, was celebrated during a ceremony in the historic Courtyard of Heroes at Headquarters PACAF Aug. 2.
  • A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and an F-16 Fighting Falcon from Eielson Air Force Base fly in formation over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, July 18, 2019.

    Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 kicks off Aug. 1

    Red Flag-Alaska 19-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment, is scheduled to begin Aug. 1 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) and is scheduled to run through Aug. 16.
  • Members of the 12th Operations Support Squadron and 559th Flying Training Squadron, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, pose for a group photo during a history tour at Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 10, 2019. The purpose of the visit was for Air Education and Training Command (AETC) members to learn more about Pacific theater operations and build and a relationship between AETC as a major command (MAJCOM) and PACAF as a combatant command (COCOM).

    AETC Airmen visit PACAF to enhance warfighter alignment

    Members of the 12th Operations Support Squadron (OSS) and 559th Flying Training Squadron, both assigned to the 12th Flying Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, visited Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Headquarters, July 8-10, 2019.
  • U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, fly in formation over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, July 18, 2019.

    F-22 and F-16 Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex Flight

    U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and F-16 Fighting Falcons from Eielson Air Force Base fly in formation over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, July 18, 2019. The JPARC is a 67,000 plus square mile area, providing a realistic training environment commanders leverage for full spectrum engagements, ranging from individual skills to complex, large-scale joint engagements.
  • Bangladesh Air Force Maj. Gen. M. Nazoul Islam, center left, commanding officer of BAF Base Matiur Rahman, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Kristoffer Palmer, center right, Pacific Angel 19-1 mission commander, speak with teachers after celebrating the opening ceremony of Pacific Angel 19-1 at Kazir Chowra Bilateral High School in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh, June 23, 2019. Pacific Angel 2019 is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance engagement, enhancing participating nations’ humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities while providing beneficial services to people in need throughout South and Southeast Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Brigitte N. Brantley)

    PAC ANGEL 19-1 wraps up in Bangladesh

    More than 50 U.S. military personnel, alongside service members from Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand, conducted several humanitarian assistance events throughout Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh, during Pacific Angel 19-1, June 22-28, 2019.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dylan White, a 35th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, lays in the “prone” position during an agile combat employment exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 28, 2019. White taught 35th Logistic Readiness Squadron how to move, shoot and communicate and applied their newly learned skills to realistic training scenarios, such as clearing buildings and shooting techniques during ACE. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

    The 35th LRS builds on lessons learned from exercise, teams up with Security Forces

    The 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron conducted an agile combat employment (ACE) exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 28. The ACE concept challenges Airmen to operate in an austere environment with limited basing, while testing their abilities to quickly and efficiently land, set-up operations, fly, pack and transport themselves at a moment’s notice.
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