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Training together: Marines dogfight with the Air Force

F-5N Tiger II fighter jets with Marine Fighter Training Squadron (VMFT) 401 trained at MCAS Miramar with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 and the 310th Fighter Squadron March 16. This training allowed both services to experience different flight tactics and train with different aircraft.

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Training together: Marines dogfight with the Air Force

An F-16 Falcon with the Air Forces 310th Fighter Squadron takes off en route to a simulated dog fight against F/A-18 Hornets with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., March 16. The two squadrons are training their pilots in basic fighting maneuvers from March 16 to March 24 at MCAS Miramar.

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909th ARS conducts F-35 inaugural refueling

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, approaches the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron for an inflight refuel March 14, 2017, over the Pacific Ocean. The 909th ARS provides combat-ready KC-135 tanker aircrews to support peacetime operations and all levels of conflict in the Indo-Asia-Pacific theater.

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909th ARS conducts F-35 inaugural refueling

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 fly in formation next to a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron March 14, 2017, over Pacific waters. The F-35B is a fifth-generation fighter, which is the world’s first operational supersonic short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft.

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909th ARS conducts F-35 inaugural refueling

U.S. Air Force Capt. Matt Davis, 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, flies in formation with U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, March 14, 2017, over the Pacific Ocean. The training sortie marked the first air refueling mission with F-35s in the 909th ARS’s area of operation.

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Ready at a moment’s notice: 1-1 ADA conducts bilateral training

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members observe Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment load Patriot missile battery equipment onto a C-17 Globe Master III March 14, 2017, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Patriot missile system is a long-range air defense asset and can be broken down to be transported via plane anywhere in the world in a matter of hours.

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Lab technicians fuel 35th Fighter Wing

Troy Farris, left, a fuels laboratory lead technician with the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ken Leon Guerrero, right, a fuels laboratory technician with the 35th LRS, draw Jet Propellant 8 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 6, 2017. The fuel is checked for particulate matter, which consist of dirt, grime and water levels in the fuel that could negatively affect the F-16 Fighting Falcon flying mission.

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Understanding the tools

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Matthew Melendez, right, 35th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technicain shows Japan Air Self-Defense Force Tohoku EOD school instructors, components of a variety of tools during the class room portion of a two-day training at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 2, 2017. The training was based on building a mutual understanding of foundational EOD skills, to include classroom instruction and realistic hands-on practical exercises.

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Raptors refuel above the Northern Territory

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron approaches a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker in order to receive fuel in the skies above Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, March 2, 2017. Twelve F-22 Raptors and approximately 200 U.S. Air Force Airmen participated in the first Enhanced Air Cooperation, an initiative under the Force Posture Agreement between the U.S. and Australia.

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Starting off right: 18th MTF teaches maintainers core tasks

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Hust, 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit lead electrical and environmental specialist, demonstrates how to remove a panel from an F-15A Eagle Feb. 28, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Hust helps instruct new electrical and environmental maintainers for the 18th Maintenance Training Flight’s new ENE core tasks course.

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Trilateral training expands life-saving capabilities

Aeromedical Evacuation Airmen from the U.S., Japanese and Australian air forces transport a simulated patient to a U.S. Air Force C-12 Huron as part of annual exercise Cope North Feb. 21, 2017, at Tinian Air Field. Aeromedical evacuation training was conducted on the Huron to familiarize airmen with patient care on a new airframe. Cope North is a long-standing exercise designed to enhance multilateral air operations between the partnered militaries, bringing together more than 2,700 U.S. Airmen, Sailors and Marines who are training alongside approximately 600 combined JASDF and RAAF participants.

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Kadena employs sustainable, decisive airpower in the Pacific

An Air Force F-15 Eagle and Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets fly in formation after a training sortie Feb. 16, 2017, over the Pacific Ocean. The joint training bolstered communications and interoperability between the two services, which both serve to enhance peace and security throughout the Indo-Asia Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Peter Reft)

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Cobra Gold 2017 Official Opening Ceremony

U.S. Pacific Command Commander Adm. Harry Harris shakes hands with Rear Adm. Chanint Phadungkiat, commandant of Amphibious and Combat Support Service Squadron, Royal Thai Fleet during the official opening ceremony of Cobra Gold 2017, Feb. 14, 2017. Cobra Gold, in its 36th iteration, is the largest Theater Security Cooperation exercise in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. This year’s focus is to advance regional security and ensure effective responses to regional crises by bringing together a robust multinational force to address shared goals and security commitments in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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Cobra Gold 2017 Official Opening Ceremony

Multi-National Forces officials and representatives pose for a group photo during the official opening ceremony of Cobra Gold 2017, Feb. 14, 2017. Cobra Gold, in its 36th iteration, is the largest Theater Security Cooperation exercise in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. This year’s focus is to advance regional security and ensure effective responses to regional crises by bringing together a robust multinational force to address shared goals and security commitments in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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Cobra Gold 2017 Official Opening Ceremony

Multi-National Forces march in formation after the conclusion of the official opening ceremony of Cobra Gold 2017. Cobra Gold, in its 36th iteration, is the largest Theater Security Cooperation exercise in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. This year’s focus is to advance regional security and ensure effective responses to regional crises by bringing together a robust multinational force to address shared goals and security commitments in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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Cobra Gold 2017 Official Opening Ceremony

U.S. Pacific Command Commander Adm. Harry Harris, Thai Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Surapong Suwana-adth and U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand Glyn Davies, along with multinational representatives pose for a photo during the official opening ceremony of Cobra Gold, Feb. 14, 2017. Cobra Gold, in its 36th iteration, is the largest Theater Security Cooperation exercise in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. This year’s focus is to advance regional security and ensure effective responses to regional crises by bringing together a robust multinational force to address shared goals and security commitments in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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Fighter Squadron returns home with stronger allies, sharper skills

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon shoots an AGM-88 high-speed anti-radiation missile (HARM) off during COPE NORTH 17, Feb. 12, 2017. The HARM's primary mission is to suppress or destroy surface-to-air missile radar and radar-directed air defense artillery systems. Once airborne, it can operate in three modes: preemptive, missile-as-sensor and self-protect.

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Raptors in the night: USAF F-22s travel to Australia for training

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from the 90th Fighter Squadron lands at Kadena Air Base, Japan, while F-15 Eagles from the 67th Fighter Squadron taxi on the flightline Feb. 7, 2017. The F-22 Raptors stopped at Kadena AB before traveling on to Royal Australian Air Force Base, Tindal. As allies, the U.S. and Australia have agreed to more frequent movements of aircraft across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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Wounded Vietnam vet brings hope to Osan

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Alexander Del Valle, 51st Fighter Wing command chief, thanks Dave Roever, a Vietnam War veteran, for speaking about resiliency at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 25, 2017. Roever, is an inspirational speaker who shares his story about how he survived after suffering burns all over his body when a phosphorus grenade exploded in his hand during the war.

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Misawa AMC terminal ushers global reach

U.S. Air Force Airmen work with the 730th Air Mobility Squadron Operating Location Bravo air terminal ground handling services civilian contractors to connect loading stairs to a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 733rd AMS out of Kadena Air Base, Japan, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 19, 2017. The 730th AMS terminal works with contractors and provides support during medical evacuations. The aircraft landed at Misawa to retrieve a patient.

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