07 June 2019 USS Boxer and Charles de Gaulle Sail in Andaman Sea ANDAMAN SEA -- Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) and French navy aircraft carrier, FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91), and its escort ships conducted drills while sailing through the Bay of Bengal, June 7.Joining Boxer and Charles de Gaulle were French anti-submarine destroyer FS Latouche Treville...
07 June 2019 Wolf Pack Airmen Crush Distant Frontier, Prep for Red Flag-Alaska EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Airmen from the 8th Fighter Wing are no strangers to working around the clock to conduct flying operations. This remains to be true even when they are on temporary duty and participating in back-to-back exercises.Kunsan’s 80th Fighter Squadron "Juvats" participated...
07 June 2019 Bilateral Affairs Officer's Work Paves the Way in Malaysia CAMP MURRAY, Wash. -- Helping servicemembers navigate Malaysian customs processes and meeting with high-ranking military officers and government officials is all in a day's work for Maj. Chyteira Dues, Washington National Guard Malaysian Bilateral Affairs Officer.In 2018 Dues was selected as the...
06 June 2019 Hawaii Base Soldiers Subdue Irate Passenger Aboard Plane HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Four Soldiers assigned to the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command aided flight attendants on a Hawaiian Airlines flight in detaining a belligerent and unruly passenger, Feb. 27, 2019, while flying over the Pacific Ocean.The service members aboard the flight were able to...
06 June 2019 First Vietnamese Student Graduates from US Aviation Leadership Program COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Capt. Toai Dang, of the Vietnam Air Defense-Air Force, became the first Vietnamese student to graduate from the Aviation Leadership Program (ALP) on May 31 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.ALP is a U.S. Air Force-funded program, providing students of partner...
06 June 2019 Korean War Pilot’s Family Visits Memorial Aircraft at Misawa MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Team Misawa members can find two static aircraft displays located outside the wing headquarters building at Risner Circle. While driving by the area, one may not notice the engraved details and stories the jets could tell. If you take a closer look at the F-86F Sabre’s...
05 June 2019 RED FLAG-Alaska 19-2 Kicks Off JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Red Flag-Alaska 19-2, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment, is scheduled to begin June 6 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) scheduled...
05 June 2019 U.S. Air Force Bomber, Fighter Squadrons Support Australian Air Force Training ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia -- The 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), forward deployed from Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, and the California Air National Guard’s 194th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron out of Fresno, Calif., provided training support to the Royal Australian...
05 June 2019 Pacific Pathways 2.0 to Bolster Presence in the Theater HONOLULU, Hawaii -- More Soldiers will be forward deployed longer in the Indo-Pacific region next year, as part of a new Pacific Pathways effort to allow units to build stronger partnerships and readiness.Called Pacific Pathways 2.0, the program will place units in partner nations for up to six...
04 June 2019 US Navy, Royal Thai Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians Exchange Knowledge during CARAT 2019 SATTAHIP NAVAL BASE, Thailand -- Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 and the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) Diver and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Center conducted a knowledge exchange classroom seminar as part of Cooperation...