JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Safety is a unifying, borderless and meaningful venture for everyone,” stated U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Andrew Mueller, chief of safety, during his opening remarks at U.S. Pacific Command’s annual Asia-Pacific Aviation Safety Subject Matter Expert Exchange...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Fighter planes, they're all glamour, thrust, being inverted and huge amounts of swag, right?Few people consider the small army of logisticians and maintainers who work quietly behind the scenes to keep these beasts topped up on fuel and ammunition, and in...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, opened its gates to approximately 210,000 guests for the 41st Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day, May 5, 2017.Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has held a single-day air show designed to foster...

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Sailors aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) participated in a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) training exercise, May 3, as part of America Amphibious Ready Group's Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX).The training scenario gauges the...

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2017 -- Navy Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. grew up listening to sea stories about the Battle of the Coral Sea.The admiral, now the commander of U.S. Pacific Command, is the son of a sailor who participated in the legendary World War II battle that turned back the Japanese thrust at...

DALANZADGAD, Mongolia - Exercise Gobi Wolf 2017 began May 1, 2017, with an opening ceremony, academic training, a United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs webinar and a reception dinner in Dalanzadgad, Mongolia.Gobi Wolf (GW) 17 is a five-day disaster response exercise and...

EILESON AFB, Alaska -- Approximately 6,000 military members gathered together to take on the most challenging scenarios in the Pacific theater during Exercise Northern Edge 17 (NE17), at the Gulf of Alaska and around central Alaska ranges from May 1-12, 2017.NE17, a biennial Pacific Command...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 51st Fighter Wing launched its first-ever no-notice readiness exercise on May 4, putting the Mustangs’ ability to Fight Tonight to the test.The no-notice exercise challenged the tradition of planning exercises weeks or months in advance, allowing wing...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald J. Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said yesterday that the U.S.-Australian alliance has been cemented by Australian and American service members who have shed their blood fighting common enemies for 100 years.The two men attended a dinner aboard...

CHITOSE AIR BASE, Japan -- For the first time Airmen across multiple career fields assigned to two of Japan’s most strategic northern air bases, whose area of operations stretches across northern Honshu and the island of Hokkaido, came together for the first of many bilateral career trainings...