23 May 2017 Maintainers Keep F-16 Fit to Fight KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Even while assigned to Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea as a temporary duty location, Airmen with the 35th Fighter Wing continue to provide worldwide deployable forces to protect U.S. interests in the Pacific and defend Japan with sustained forward presence...
23 May 2017 Defense Budget Request Seeks to Balance Current, Future Needs WASHINGTON, May 23, 2017 — President Donald J. Trump's fiscal year 2018 Defense Department budget request proposes a $52.4 billion increase over the 2017 request and seeks to shore up readiness, procure systems for the future and fully fund operations worldwide.The budget request is $574.5 billion,...
23 May 2017 Sharpening Pacific Air Force Maintainers YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- “Your task is, by using the technical orders and working as a team member, access and rig the coordinator and fuel control linkage with no more than two instructor assists,” said Staff Sgt. Angelica Ponce, 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 15 aerospace propulsion...
22 May 2017 Pacific Partnership 2017 Makes 2nd Vietnam Mission Stop KHANH HOA -- Pacific Partnership 2017 kicked off in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam, on May 19, for the final stop of Pacific Partnership 2017, with the arrival of the U.S. expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Fall River (T-EPF-4).This is the eighth time in eleven years that this event has taken place...
22 May 2017 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, America Amphibious Ready Group One Step Closer to Deployment PACIFIC OCEAN -- The America Amphibious Ready Group and 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit set sail for their second at-sea period, Composite Training Unit Exercise, May 1-17, 2017, where a series of missions both familiar and new were laid out before them, ready to be hurdled. The tasks ahead would be...
22 May 2017 Civil Engineers, the Backbone of Operations at Andersen ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Airmen from the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron are standing-by at all times with an arsenal of machinery and skills to keep Andersen Air Force Base up and running.Even with eight different flights and a variety of career fields like electricians, plumbing and HVAC...
22 May 2017 Pilots, Maintainers Prepare for RED FLAG during Distant Frontier EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- With a backdrop of blue skies and miles of mountain ranges, Misawa maintainers and pilots walk the flight line of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, with a crucial mindset and mission in hand--fight tonight.In efforts to prepare 35th Fighter Wing pilots and maintainers...
22 May 2017 Observance of Armed Forces Day - Pence to Service Members: 'You Are the Best of Us' WASHINGTON -- The observance of Armed Forces Day is "merely one more installment on behalf of the American people on a debt of honor and the debt of gratitude we’ll never be able to fully repay to all of you who served," Vice President Mike Pence told service members at Wright-Patterson Air Force...
19 May 2017 Balikatan 2017 Comes to Closure with Ceremony QUEZON CITY, Quezon City -- Leaders from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, U.S. military, representatives from Japan Self-Defense Forces and Australian Defence Force, as well as local government officials concluded this year’s Balikatan exercise at Camp Aguinaldo, May 19, 2017.The ceremony marked...
19 May 2017 35th Fighter Wing Surge Proves Regional Interoperability, Security KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 35th Fighter Wing conducted surge operations this week during a training deployment to Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, May 16.Due to routine flight line maintenance at Misawa AB, the 14th Fighter Squadron relocated to Kunsan, giving maintenance teams and...