12 December 2016 US, Japan Break Barriers, Reinforce Partnership during Exchange MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force ( JASDF) service members engaged in a bilateral exchange program (BEP) at Misawa Air Base, Japan, from Nov. 29 to Dec. 9, to increase interoperability and break down language barriers.Conducted by Fifth Air Force since 1995,...
12 December 2016 Air Force Signs Record of Decision selecting Tinian for the PACAF Divert Activities, Exercise Initiative JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The Air Force signed the Record of Decision selecting Tinian International Airport, Tinian, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), specifically the North Option, as the location for the Pacific Air Forces Divert Activities, Exercise...
12 December 2016 Icemen Build Ice Bridge for Mission Efficiency EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Ice crystals build up on eyelashes and face masks and ice chunks drag from the bottoms of pants as Airmen from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron brave the frozen tundra to construct an ice bridge to the Blair Lakes Range Maintenance Complex.With temperatures...
12 December 2016 Operation Christmas Drop: Behind the Scenes ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The longest running humanitarian aid/disaster relief has kicked off on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam on Dec. 6. In order for the mission to come to fruition, months of hard work went into making it happen.Operation Christmas Drop has been ongoing since 1952 and has...
08 December 2016 Republic of Korea, U.S. Navies Discuss Methods to Strengthen Partnership during 9th Strategic Dialogue BUSAN, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- Senior leaders from the U.S. and Republic of Korea navies met at Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea to discuss ways to increase the combined naval partnership.The Strategic Dialogue, a biannual conference which focuses on strengthening communication and improving...
08 December 2016 Thousands Commemorate 75th Anniversary of Attack on Pearl Harbor PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 7, 2016) – Thousands gathered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Kilo Piers Dec. 7 to witness the 75th Commemoration Event of the Attack on Pearl Harbor.The ceremony set to honor those who lost their lives during the attacks on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, included a moment of...
08 December 2016 Louisville Visits Changwon during Indo-Asia-Pacific Deployment CHANGWON, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Louisville (SSN 724) arrived at U.S. Fleet Activities Chinhae for a routine port visit as part of its deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, Dec. 8.With a crew of 131, Louisville will conduct a multitude of missions and...
08 December 2016 Media Availability with Secretary Carter enroute to Delhi, India SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASH CARTER: I'll be -- I'll be brief. This is a really important stop because India is, I believe, destined to be a major strategic partner of the United States.(inaudible) -- yeah. Sorry. Do I need to start over? Okay. Sorry.So I -- as I said, I believe it is an important...
08 December 2016 Survivors, Friends, Families Remember Hickam Field Attacks in 1941 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- On the morning of Dec. 7th, service members and their friends and families gathered here to remember the fatal attacks on Hickam Field in 1941.The ceremony, which honored the 492 men and women killed and wounded on Hickam Field, came 75 years after the two...
07 December 2016 Peace and Reconciliation Emphasized at Annual Blackened Canteen Ceremony PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- On a warm June evening in 1945, in the skies over Shizuoka, Japan, two U.S. Army Air Force B-29s from 314th Bomb Wing collided during a planned bombing raid, killing all 23 American crewmen on board.Down below, more than 2,000 Shizuoka citizens also perished in the raid. The...