MCAS IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, Japan -- The 354th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) became the first in the U.S. Pacific Air Forces to utilize an innovative F-35A Lightning II Alternate Mission Equipment Mobility (AME) Storage Rack during an agile combat employment training event at Marine Corps Air Station...

KOROR, Palau -- Three F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 354th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) deploy to Palau in support of exercise Valiant Shield 2022, June 10.Operating in the Western Pacific island country of Palau increases the U.S. Joint Forces' forward presence and its ability to respond...

MCAS IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, Japan -- U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from the Hawaiian Raptors, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 15, 2022 to join the 354th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) in conducting agile combat employment (ACE) training.ACE training...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Red Flag-Alaska 22-2, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise and the second of its kind this year, has started and is expected to run June 9- 24, with primary flight and ground operations in the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex.Red Flag-Alaska is designed to...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan --The U.S. Air Force 354th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) and Marine Aircraft Group 12 performed a capabilities demonstration during a pre-planned readiness exercise at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, July 7, 2022.The demonstration included five...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- When most people think of interior Alaska, they think of uninhabitable terrain, icy snow storms, northern lights, and maybe even that one video from Facebook of a gigantic moose walking down the median of a highway.What they don’t think of, and likely don’t know, is...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- RED FLAG-Alaska 21-3 is a realistic combat training exercise that provides air to air and air to ground combat training and is essential to the success of air and space operations. With over 100 aircraft flying per day, the 354th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s fuels...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- With an average of 210 flights taking off and landing a day during RF-A, the 354th Operations Support Squadron ATCs have their hands full, but for them, it’s all in a day’s work.“There’s really no two ways about it,” said Staff Sgt. Kevin Weast, 354th OSS ATC. “210...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The Royal Australian Air Force and U.S. Air Force joined forces to participate in RED FLAG-Alaska 21-3 at Eielson Air Force Base Aug. 12-27, 2021. This iteration of the exercise focused on the interoperability of allied fifth-generation assets, such as the F-35A...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- While RED FLAG-Alaska is mainly focused on aircraft and ground troop combat maneuvers, the 354th Operations Support Squadron Airfield Management Flight ensures the flight line is safe and functional for exercise participants.Their mission is to manage airfield...