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F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 391st Fighter Squadron hold on the arming pad during a no-notice fighter dispersal exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 22, 2023. Large-scale airpower generation exercises ensure Kadena-based Airmen and assets remain postured to deter, deny and defeat any threat to regional stability in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jessi Roth)

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PACAF Command Chief Visits Osan

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) command chief, speaks during an all-call at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 15, 2023. Wolfe oversees approximately 48,000 personnel within PACAF and advises Gen. Ken Wilsbach, PACAF commander, on matters involving Airmen readiness, training, professional development and effective utilization of manning and resources within the pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Edwards)

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PACAF Command Chief Visits Osan

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, left, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) command chief, coins Senior Airman Ethan Harsh, 51st Munitions Squadron stockpile management crew chief (SMCC), at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 14, 2023. Harsh was coined for his exemplary performance as a SMCC. Harsh is responsible for the safe transportation, storage and handling of diverse munitions stockpiles as well as maintaining munitions storage structures, ensuring the safety, security and reliability of Osan’s materiel stockpiles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Edwards)

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PACAF hosts Combat Support Rehearsal of Concept symposium

Participants from more than 18 supporting agencies from various joint and functional commands across the U.S. Department of Defense gather for a group photo during a PACAF-hosted Combat Support Rehearsal of Concept symposium on Fort Shafter, Hawaii, May 31, 2023. CSROC is designed to allow units and organizations with missions that support the Indo-Pacific to rehearse complex and dynamic combat support operations to identify potential obstacles or issues for mitigation prior to real time execution in exercises, dynamic force employment, or crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nick Wilson)

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Mongolian Armed Forces attend Airmen-to-Airmen talk at Pacific Air Forces

Members of the U.S. Air Force and the Mongolian Armed Forces Air Force Command attend an Airman-to-Airman Talk at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on May 23, 2023. These events facilitate discussions between the U.S. and other countries to improve both all parties involved through shared best-practices while simultaneously building stronger relationships across the Indo-Pacific through collaboration and planning. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jimmie D. Pike)

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Mongolian Armed Forces attend Airmen-to-Airmen talk at Pacific Air Forces

Mongolian Armed Forces Brig. Gen. Erdenebat, left, Air Force Command chief of staff, provides comments during the start of the U.S. and Mongolia Airman-to-Airman Talks at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 23, 2023. The A2AT allowed both countries to strengthen their respective military relationships through in-depth discussion and planning with in-person and small group forums. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jimmie D. Pike)

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PACAF RQ-4 Global Hawks arrive at Yokota Air Base

An RQ-4 Global Hawk, assigned to the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron, 319th Operation Group, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, sits on the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 2, 2023. U.S. Pacific Air Forces began positioning RQ-4 Global Hawks at Yokota Air Base, Japan, from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on May 15 to provide theater-wide enduring operations in support of maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S, Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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Southern Beach exercise continues to fortify USAF, JASDF alliance

An F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron taxis down the flightline at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 17, 2023. Night Flying exercises provide fighter squadron aircrew and support personnel the experience needed to maintain a ready force capable of ensuring the collective defense of the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jessi Roth)

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Southern Beach exercise continues to fortify USAF, JASDF alliance

An F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 391st Fighter Squadron takes off from Kadena Air Base, Japan in support of exercise Southern Beach, May 16, 2023. Southern Beach is a continuous bilateral effort to enhance interoperability with host nation forces, strengthening the combined ability to execute high-end missions in defense of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jessi Roth)

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Yokota Airmen Join Cope India 2023 Exercise with Indian Air Force

In this file photo, Team Yokota deployed 69 Airmen and two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to exercise Cope India 2023, a Pacific Air Forces training exercise conducted with the Indian Air Force at Air Force Station Arjan Singh, India, April 10-21. Members of the 374th Airlift Wing traveled to India to join a team made up of more than 250 Airmen and 10 aircraft from installations across the Indo-Pacific theater. Sponsored by Pacific Air Forces, the 11-day event is held in partnership with the Indian Air Force and is focused on honing critical skills, strengthening relationships, and exchanging knowledge.

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Yokota Airmen Join Cope India 2023 Exercise with Indian Air Force

In this file photo, Team Yokota deployed 69 Airmen and two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to exercise Cope India 2023, a Pacific Air Forces training exercise conducted with the Indian Air Force at Air Force Station Arjan Singh, India, April 10-21. Members of the 374th Airlift Wing traveled to India to join a team made up of more than 250 Airmen and 10 aircraft from installations across the Indo-Pacific theater. Sponsored by Pacific Air Forces, the 11-day event is held in partnership with the Indian Air Force and is focused on honing critical skills, strengthening relationships, and exchanging knowledge.

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Hickam honors historic aviators

Jessie Higa, 15th Wing local historian, gives heartfelt remarks during a rededication ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 26, 2023. Higa spent countless hours gathering background information on these local aviators to mend a spelling discrepancy made decades ago. The rededication of the new street signs honors their legacies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zoie Cox)

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Hickam honors historic aviators

Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, speaks during a street rededication ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 26, 2023. Two Hickam streets, Bouquet Boulevard and Bedle Street, named after Army aviators who perished on Oahu in 2021 and 1941 were rededicated following a correction to the spelling of their surnames, honoring their family legacies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zoie Cox)

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Pacific Air Forces hosts command-wide first sergeant conference, executes Diamond Care Initiative

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Bradford Cambra, Pacific Air Forces Command first sergeant, gives a lecture on PACAF’s strategic imperatives during a Pacific Diamond conference on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 12, 2023. This year’s Pacific Diamond Conference was organized to communicate the PACAF commander’s priorities of ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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USecAF tours Indo-Pacific to ensure resourcing decisions align with strategy, mission

U.S. Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, Kristyn Jones, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, performing the duties of under secretary of the Air Force, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, PACAF command chief, stand together for a photo at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 3, 2023. Jones directs the development of the Air Force program and budget, oversees the Air Force Cost Analysis Agency's acquisition and operational cost analysis, provides analytical services, and conducts Air Force accounting and finance operations. During her visit, she met with PACAF leaders to better understand PACAF’s overall infrastructure and mission opportunities and challenges relative to the Pacing Challenge and how PACAF competes, deters, and wins in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nick Wilson)

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B-1B Lancers integrate with partners, build interoperability during exercise COPE INDIA 2023

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing, prepares for take off from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, April 12, 2023. Bomber missions provide opportunities to train and work with our allies and partners in joint and coalition operations and exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Austin McIntosh)

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Strike Eagles join Lightning II’s at Keystone of the Pacific

F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron arrive at Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 8, 2023. The Strike Eagles arrived from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, to ensure continuous fighter presence through the phased return of Kadena’s fleet of F-15C/D Eagles to the United States.

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Lightning IIs arrive at Kadena to maintain advanced fighter presence

Four U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing at Eilson Air Force Base, Alaska, fly in formation over Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 28, 2023. While deployed to the Keystone of the Pacific, the F-35s will work in conjunction with other fighter units at Kadena to ensure continued steady-state fighter capabilities.

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3rd OSS Airmen conduct LSZO training

A U.S. Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 176th Wing conducts touch-and-gos during Landing Zone Safety Officer training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 23, 2023. LZSO training teaches Airmen to conduct airfield operations in austere environments lacking support such as an air traffic control tower or fixed flightline lights.

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18th Wing concludes base-wide readiness exercise

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brett Myers, 718th Civil Engineer Squadron housing flight superintendent, left, and Staff Sgt. Marisa Lord, 18th CES customer service operations manager, hold a Skyranger R60 unmanned aerial vehicle during a readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 17, 2023. The exercise helped train and validate operational readiness for mission execution in a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear environment, as well as assess the base’s current status of training and processes.

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