07 July 2020 A B-52 Exercises Dynamic Force Employment with Joint Partners in Indo-Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- One B-52 Stratofortress bomber from the 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, took off from home station and participated in a maritime integration exercise with the USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike groups in...
01 July 2020 Kadena E-5 Becomes First PACAF Enlisted Air Surveillance Officer KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Recently, the Air Force made the decision to send highly qualified enlisted members to the air surveillance officer training course.Historically, the ASO has been a rated aircrew commissioned officer only, typically a Captain or Major.“I am the one and only noncommissioned...
30 June 2020 Army Airborne Task Force Descends into Guam ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Paratroopers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, United States Army Alaska, parachuted into Guam early this morning as part of their Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska...
29 June 2020 Bombers Project Power from the Last Frontier, Once Again EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- He who holds Alaska holds the world.U.S. Army General Billy Mitchell first uttered those words in his 1935 testimony to Congress. Considered by many to be one the founding fathers of the U.S. Air Force, the World War I pilot declared what military aviators in the...
25 June 2020 Changes in Tech, Strategy Drive Missile Defense WASHINGTON -- Changes to technologies, strategy and capabilities make a good case for closer cooperation among the combatant commands, the services and allies in regard to missile defense, military officers charged with this crucial mission said.At yesterday's virtual conference sponsored by the...
22 June 2020 B-52s Demonstrate Bilateral, Joint Force Integration in Indo-Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers integrated with the Koku-Jieitai, or Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) fighters and U.S. Navy E/A-18G Growlers over the Sea of Japan, June, 17.The bombers, currently deployed to Eielson Air Force Base from...
17 June 2020 HSC-25 Rescues Hikers Near Pagat Caves ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The Guam-based “Island Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 responded to a search and rescue (SAR) request from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam for three missing hikers, June 14.The three men were reported missing late on Saturday in the Pagat Caves area...
16 June 2020 B-52s Deploy to Alaska, Demonstrate Global Agility JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers returned to the Indo-Pacific region June 14 to conduct bomber task force operations out of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.Three bombers from the 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base,...
12 June 2020 Air Force, Army Work together to Save a Life KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Despite the challenges COVID-19 has caused across the globe, U.S. military members from the Republic of Korea and Japan came together to ensure a valued team member received the life-saving surgery he required.Service members from the Air Force and Army worked together...
11 June 2020 US Air Force B-1s, JASDF Fighters Complete Several Training Missions in One Month JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Over the past several months, U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers and B-52 Stratofortresses conducted bilateral training with Koku-Jieitai, or Japanese Air Self-Defense Force assets.During the month of May B-1s, deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam from the 9th...