05 May 2020 B-1B Lancers Return to Indo-Pacific for Bomber Task Force Deployment JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --B-1B Lancers returned to the Indo-Pacific region May 1 to conduct bomber task force operations out of Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam.Four bombers and approximately 200 Airmen from the 9th Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Wing (BW), Dyess Air Force Base, Texas,...
04 May 2020 Virtual Conference Unites 19 Air Forces on Pandemic Response JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii --Air chiefs and leadership representing 19 air forces across five continents came together for a video teleconference hosted by Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, here April 29.“Like the symposium that brought many of us together in person just...
04 May 2020 Pacific Fleet Commander, Fleet Master Chief Visit USS Theodore Roosevelt PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- As COVID-free Sailors move aboard to prepare the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) to go back to sea and execute their mission, the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet commander and the fleet master chief visited the crew to see the operation firsthand and thank the...
04 May 2020 U.S. Forces Korea Leaders Visit the Wolf Pack KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Gen. Robert “Abe” Abrams, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Walter Tagalicud, USFK command sergeant major, visited Kunsan Air Base to learn more about how the Wolf Pack has remained 100 percent free of the coronavirus, April 28.Abrams and...
04 May 2020 Air Postal Squadron Delivers Across Largest AOR Despite COVID-19 Disruptions JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Commercial flights across the globe began to disappear as COVID-19 spread, disrupting the Pacific Air Forces Air Postal Squadron, or AIRPS mission and their main way of delivering mail. Despite the global lockdown and restrictions on flights, AIRPS worked...
04 May 2020 Eielson Air Force Base Commissary Beings Curbside Pick-Up EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The Eielson Air Force Base Commissary began a curbside pick-up program open to all Airmen and families, April 30.The program, in conjunction with local COVID-19 guidelines, will make it easier for single parents, deployed spouses and at-risk authorized Defense...
01 May 2020 Fleet Activities Yokosuka Call Center Serves Thousands YOKOSUKA, Japan -- In response to COVID-19, Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) created the CFAY Community Information and Resource Call Center (CIRCC), a call center that assists the CFAY community in receiving information related to base-wide business hours, available services, current...
01 May 2020 New Zealand Defence Force Delivers Tonnes of Cyclone Aid to Fiji and Vanuatu NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE -- The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has flown almost 30 tonnes of aid supplies to Fiji and Vanuatu following Tropical Cyclone Harold with the last of its flights to the Pacific completed this week.Thousands of people have been made homeless, drinking water has been...
01 May 2020 Manpower Ensures Wolf Pack Maintains Strength in Numbers KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- How many Wolf Pack members does it take to keep Kunsan fully functional? The Airmen of the 8th Fighter Wing manpower office work to answer that question and make sure there are enough personnel assigned to the base to meet the needs of a mission that continues...
01 May 2020 Yokota's Stress Management and Resiliency Team Lends a Helping Hand during COVID-19 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- When we face challenges, having a helping hand through the tough times makes coping and adjusting to those challenges easier.The COVID-19 pandemic is now at the forefront of those challenges and the recently implemented Stress Treatment and Resiliency Team (START) is...