28 February 2017 Weapons Airmen Prep Jets for Combat ANDERSEN AIR BASE, Guam -- Each duty day of exercise Cope North begins with the calming glow of a golden sunrise, as dozens of Airmen line up side-by-side across the Andersen Air Force Base flight line to sweep their workspace of debris, clearing space for F-15 Eagles to taxi.Among the line of...
27 February 2017 Coronado Returns to Singapore Following Operations at Sea CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore (NNS) -- Following a port visit in Muara, Brunei, and routine operations in the Sulu Sea and South China Sea, littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) pulled pier side at Changi Naval Base in Singapore, Feb. 25.After completing the four-day port visit in Brunei,...
27 February 2017 Exercise Beverly Herd 17-1 Takes Off OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea – Exercise Beverly Herd 17-1 kicked off on Feb. 26, during which the 51st Fighter Wing Mustangs and their partner units will train on a variety of different objectives.The exercise, which is scheduled to last through March 3, will see an intensification of flying...
27 February 2017 303rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers Ensure Safety, Train with Royal Thai Army in Cobra Gold Approximately five Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from 716th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 303rd Explosive Ordnance Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, have spent the past two weeks in Thailand working...
27 February 2017 Misawa Air Mobility Command Terminal Ushers Global Reach MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part feature highlighting the 730th Air Mobility Squadron Operating Location Bravo air terminal ground handling services.“There’s a lot more to the air terminal than the Patriot Express,” said Tech. Sgt. Daniel Yerkes, the 730th AMS...
27 February 2017 PACAF, U.S. Navy Conduct Joint Interoperability Training JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- A four-member team from the 613th Air Operations Center here, joined the crew of the USS Carl Vinson as it was underway transiting the U.S. Pacific Command’s area of responsibility.The team, led by Col. Doug Rice, 613th AOC Chief of Combat Plans Division,...
27 February 2017 Trilateral Training Expands Life-saving Capabilities ANDERSEN AIR BASE, Guam -- Airmen from the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron conducted trilateral training with members of the Royal Australian Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Feb. 21, at Andersen Air Base, Guam, as part of annual exercise Cope North.The training was held to elevate...
27 February 2017 Closing Ceremony of Cobra Gold 2017 U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Thailand -- On February 24 Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Peter Haymond and General Surapong Suwana-adth, Thailand’s Chief of Defense Forces, presided over the Closing Ceremony of Cobra Gold 2017, the largest multilateral exercise in the Asian region.DCM Haymond was joined...
27 February 2017 Full throttle: 909th Aircraft Maintenance Unit Conducts Power Run KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The KC-135R Stratotankers stationed on Kadena Air Base have a critical role in the U.S. Air Force’s mission in the Pacific. It provides global reach and air refueling support to Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and allied nation aircraft in the Pacific Theater.With such a...
27 February 2017 'Iron Rangers' Hone Skills during Counter Weapon of Mass Destruction Training CAMP HOVEY, South Korea -- More than 400 Soldiers from Task Force Iron Rangers participated in exercise Warrior Strike 5 at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, South Korea Feb. 14 through 17.The exercise was designed to train the Iron Rangers from 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st...