23 June 2020 US, Royal Thai Air Forces Conduct First-ever Virtual ’Airman-to-Airman Talks’ JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Pacific Air Forces and Washington Air National Guard Airmen sit face-to-face with their counterparts from the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), except the venue is a little different from the last time Airman-to-Airman Talks (A2AT) were held Aug. 28 at Camp...
23 June 2020 Misawa Air Base Demonstrates Its Combat Readiness in First Joint, Bilateral Elephant Walk MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the 35th Fighter Wing completed a readiness exercise, designed to validate the wing’s ability to rapidly generate combat airpower at Misawa AB, June 23. The exercise culminated in a joint and bilateral “Elephant Walk” formation composed of 31 aircraft,...
23 June 2020 Remains of 147 South Korean Soldiers from the Korean War Will Return Home WASHINGTON -- In the largest repatriation of South Korean soldiers' remains from the Korean War, 147 such remains will be returned to South Korea following an honor ceremony today at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.Defense Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency public affairs...
23 June 2020 Theodore Roosevelt Sailors Receive COVID-19 Antibody Testing PHILIPPINE SEA – Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) are participating in voluntary COVID-19 antibody testing Friday, June 19, 2020.Thousands of Sailors from the aircraft carrier and the embarked staffs signed on to have their blood drawn which will then be analyzed...
23 June 2020 DOD Official Details COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts WASHINGTON -- Since January, when the effects of COVID-19 started to be felt in the United States, the Defense Department's priority has been to protect the more than 3 million service members, their families and all DOD civilians and contractors, while continuing the national security mission, said...
22 June 2020 Theodore Roosevelt, Nimitz Carrier Strike Groups Operate Together in 7th Fleet PHILIPPINE SEA -- The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) strike groups commenced dual carrier flight operations in the Philippine Sea, June 21.The ships and aircraft assigned to both strike groups began coordinated operations in international waters demonstrating the United...
22 June 2020 Eielson Airmen Build First Bombs for PACAF F-35s EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 354th Maintenance Squadron munitions flight built the first bombs intended for the 354th Fighter Wing’s F-35A Lighting IIs June 15-19.The last time a 354th FW unit dropped combat-specific bombs was about 10 years ago when the A-10...
22 June 2020 National Guard Airlifts 'Into the Wild' Bus Out of Alaska Wilderness JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A 1940s-era bus featured in the book and movie, "Into the Wild," was extracted from the Stampede Trail west of the Teklanika River by the Alaska National Guard June 18.In a coordinated effort with the Department of Natural Resources, 12 Alaska Army National...
22 June 2020 Chief Master Sgt. JoAnne S. Bass named 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force ARLINGTON, Va. -- Chief Master Sgt. JoAnne S. Bass was selected June 19 to become the 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, becoming the first woman in history to serve as the highest ranking noncommissioned member of a U.S. military service.In selecting Bass, incoming Air Force Chief of...
22 June 2020 B-52s Demonstrate Bilateral, Joint Force Integration in Indo-Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers integrated with the Koku-Jieitai, or Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) fighters and U.S. Navy E/A-18G Growlers over the Sea of Japan, June, 17.The bombers, currently deployed to Eielson Air Force Base from...