06 June 2023 US Facilitates Japan Air Operations Center Training YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Three years in the making, the 505th Training Squadron fulfilled a request by the government of Japan to assist with understanding how an air operations center plans and executes and how to build instructional standards to enable airpower at the operational level of war.The...
26 September 2023 U.S. facilitates Philippine Air Force AOC, ISR training At the request of the government of the Philippines, the 505th Training Squadron located at Hurlburt Field, Florida, sent a team of U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center Formal Training Unit instructors to Villamor Air Base, Philippines, from Aug. 10-19...
29 July 2016 Joint, Multinational Integration Key to Refueling during RIMPAC JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM -- Since their arrival to Rim of the Pacific 2016, July 7, Citizen Airmen in the 507th Air Refueling Wing have worked hand-in-hand with other nations and sister services to offload more than 2 million pounds of fuel to U.S. and Canadian military aircraft.Performing...
16 September 2024 Mission Accomplished: Bomber Task Force Pacific concludes More than 180 Airmen assigned to the 110th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base arrived last month at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Australia to conduct Joint and multilateral Bomber Task Force missions across the Indo-Pacific...
04 October 2018 First Hawaii Deployment Proves B-2 Strategic Flexibility to Ensure Free, Open Indo-Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Three B-2 Spirits and approximately 200 Airmen completed their first deployment to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), Hawaii, in support of the U.S. Strategic Command’s Bomber Task Force (BTF) deployment, Aug. 15 - Sept. 27, 2018.Though bombers...
04 February 2019 Mission complete: Spirits Return to Missouri after Bomber Task Force Rotation JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Three B-2 Spirit bombers and approximately 150 Airmen from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, departed after completing their deployment supporting U.S. Strategic Command’s Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission here Jan. 31, 2019.U.S. Strategic Command bombers...
11 January 2019 B-2 Bombers Deploy to Hawaii JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Three B-2 Spirit bombers and more than 200 Airmen, from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, deployed, here in support of U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission, Jan. 10, 2019.Bomber aircraft regularly rotate through the...
06 August 2020 Hometown Friends and Heroes Take to the Sky OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- It’s not every day that you get to pilot an F-16 fighter jet while one of your best friends fills the back seat. Let alone, a friend whose medical expertise, saved your Air Force flying career.For Capt. Louis Bloom, 36th Fighter Squadron F-16 pilot and Maj...
10 August 2020 Airman Dorm Leader’s Safeguard Inbound Quarantine Airmen OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Relocating to a new military installation in another country can be a stressful task, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic. With so many uncertainties involving the pandemic’s impacts of changing living standards, a special group of professionals...
16 June 2022 New, Improved Passenger Terminal Open at Yokota Air Base YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Passengers traveling to Yokota Air Base in Japan will be greeted by a new and improved Air Mobility Command (AMC) passenger terminal, operated by the 730th Air Mobility Squadron ( AMS).The Yokota community celebrated the $27.5 million facility’s opening with a ribbon...