KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Incoming first-term Airmen are required to attend the First Term Airmen Course (FTAC) upon arrival at their first duty station.During the course, Airmen learn about Air Force culture, the history of their duty location, as well as protecting and supporting air, space and...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Three B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers deployed from the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri to Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia to support Pacific Air Forces’ Bomber Task Force (BTF) missions, Aug. 11.The 29-hour sortie demonstrated continued...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Throughout the years, numerous types of aircraft have flown in the Alaskan skies during RED FLAG-Alaska. This year, a new fifth-generation fighter joins the fight.The 356th Fighter Squadron and 388th Fighter Wing’s F-35A Lightning IIs are the first F-35s to...

WASHINGTON -- Few people would be able to survive what Army Master Sgt. Henry Erwin lived through after a midair accident over Japan during World War II. The 23-year-old suffered horrific burns down to his bones after a smoke bomb burst in his airplane. The efforts he put forth to save the rest of...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Dozens of machinery align in multiple rows near a hangar. Some are as big as the Hydraulic Test Stand, sitting up to nearly five feet tall. Some are as small as an axle jack, which can fit on a table, but lift a 30,000-pound aircraft.Mission-ready Airmen and...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Koku-Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) security personnel from across Japan gathered together at Yokota Air Base, Japan, to take part in a bilateral training event with the 374th Security Forces Squadron from August 4-6, 2020.The 374th SFS provided Koku-Jieitai members...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A B-1B Lancer launching from Andersen Air Force Base conducted a bilateral mission with Japan and a joint mission with the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) Aug. 7 in the Indo-Pacific region.The B-1, from the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, integrated...

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller and his team provided essential personal protective equipment (PPE) to Inspector General Prisons Brigadier General AKM Mustafa Kamal Pasha as part of continued U.S. support for Bangladesh’s COVID-19 response efforts. This is the...

EAST CHINA SEA - Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) received nasal swab tests to determine whether or not they had contracted COVID-19.Within the week, all test results came back negative.Much of the ship’s success at fighting the pandemic can be attributed to...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Some children dream of growing up to become firefighters, scientists or doctors, but for Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Kailea Deleon, Yokota Civil Air Patrol superintendent, that aspiration is aimed a little higher.Deleon hopes for the experience of roaring engines over tranquil...