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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

WASHINGTON -- As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the United States must bolster its medical-industrial base to deal with both the current pandemic, a potential resurgence in the fall and any pandemics that may come in the future, the Defense Department's undersecretary for acquisition and...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- With an area of responsibility as vast as the Pacific and an ongoing global pandemic, it takes a team effort to ensure the U.S. Military has the airfields it needs to properly work alongside its partner nations to fulfill its mission of maintaining regional stability.It is...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii --Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. flew a 32-hour round-trip sortie to conduct operations over the South China Sea as part of a joint U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Bomber...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The United States Navy will sponsor the 27th Rim of the Pacific exercise, Aug. 17-31.Hosted by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, this biennial maritime exercise will be an at-sea-only event in light of COVID-19 concerns. The theme of RIMPAC 2020 is “Capable, Adaptive,...