EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, based in Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson took part in arctic survival, helicopter-hoisting exercises, movement-to-contact and weapon familiarization training in support of Arctic Eagle 2020 at Eielson Air Force Base,...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 35th Fighter Wing integrated with units from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, and Yokota Air Base, Japan, for a Total Force cooperation event aimed at Agile Combat Employment development at Yokota Air Base, Feb. 13.The Agile Combat Employment, or ACE,...

BETHEL, Alaska -- U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Sara McPherson, the decontamination NCO and acting noncommissioned officer in charge with the 12th Civil Support Team (CST), New Hampshire National Guard, set up a sick call for native Alaskans to seek medical treatment in Bethel Feb. 29 during...

SA KAEO, Kingdom of Thailand -- The Royal Thai Armed Forces Thailand Mine Action Center hosted a demonstration to inform U.S. and Thai military leadership about ongoing landmine reduction operations throughout the country, culminating with the destruction of unexploded ordnance at the Phakdi Phandin...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Airmen from Eielson Air Force Base completed Exercise Golden Raven (GR) 20-1 on Feb. 28, 2020.Golden Raven 20-1 is designed to give the 354th Fighter Wing and the Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Wing the opportunity to work together and execute core mission...

PHITSANULOK, Kingdom of Thailand -- With the spice brown lettering on their uniforms and their unique shoulder patches, it is easy to pick out the members of the U.S. Air Force’s 1st Weather Squadron Detachment 2 among the hundreds of Soldiers on Camp Akathotsarot during Exercise Cobra Gold 2020,...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- Gen. Charles Q. (CQ) Brown, Jr., the commander of Pacific Air Forces, a decorated pilot who has held key commands and served as a military advisor at the highest levels, has been nominated to serve as the Air Force’s 22nd Chief of Staff, Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper...

SATTAHIP, Thailand (Feb. 26, 2020) -- For the first time, Marine Air Support Squadron 2 (MASS-2), is falling under the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), as the MEU leads all Marine Corps forces for Exercise Cobra Gold 2020 in the Kingdom of Thailand. Based out of Marine Corps Air Station...

EILSON AFB, Alaska — Pilots crowded around a long, wooden table inside a briefing room early on the morning of Feb. 27 to receive their mission. The day’s tasks: a series of touch-and-go landings followed by mid-air refueling.The KC-135 Stratotanker crews prepared to board would meet up with a C-130...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Despite an unprecedentedly hot summer and the plume of wildfire smoke that engulfed Anchorage, Alaska, it was a typical work-day for Senior Airman Alaina Armentrout. As a Cryptologic Language Analyst for the 381st Intelligence Squadron, she was helping the...