MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Sweat drips off the maintainer’s brow as his hands glide over the dense cold metal, locking and loading the munition into place with the precision of the weapon in mind, aiding in the defense of Japan and air strike capability.“As weapons loaders we make sure the systems we...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), along with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 8.Abraham Lincoln has been underway in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th, 6th, and 7th Fleet...

WASHINGTON -- Seventy-five years ago, U.S. forces began the invasion of Luzon, the largest and most populous island in the Philippines, thereby fulfilling Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur's 1942 pledge to recapture the island from the Japanese.Since the Japanese controlled nearly every island between the...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Commander, Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 7 held a change of command ceremony at the historic submarine piers of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Jan. 7.Michael Majewski, from Toledo, Ohio, relieved Capt. Paul Davis, from Harrisonburg, Virginia, as commodore of...

WASHINGTON -- Following the official launch of the new U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Chief Executive Officer Adam Boehler will travel to Japan, Vietnam, and Indonesia January 6 – 10 for meetings with senior government officials and private sector leaders. Boehler will...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Pearl Harbor’s commanding officer announced the command’s 2020 Strategy, Jan.6.Capt. Trent Kalp, commanding officer, NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor, reviewed higher headquarters’ strategic guidance to ensure proper...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The Pacific Air Forces app is now available on Air Force Connect, the Air Force-wide mobile app.The app is equipped with features exclusively designed to enable, engage and empower Airmen across the globe. The mobile app provides Airmen, their families and...

SANTA RITA, Guam (Jan. 3, 2020) -- Sailors from the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Key West (SSN 722) prepared for their next mission by transferring supplies on the pier at Naval Base Guam, January 3.The supply transfer consisted of food that will sustain over 150 Sailors for three...

WASHINGTON -- In 1940, William P. Bonelli, 19, had no desire to join the military. The nation was not yet at war, but Bonelli, who followed the war news in Europe and Asia, said he knew deep inside that war was coming, and probably soon.Rather than wait for the war to start and get a draft notice,...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Col. Benjamin Bishop, 354th Fighter Wing commander, along with Chief Master Sgt. Joshua Hurt, 354th FW command chief, hosted two all-calls Jan. 2, 2020, to talk to Airmen about how the addition of F-35A Lightning II will change the culture of Eielson Air Force...