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Pacific Angel 15-2

New Zealand Defense Force Maj. (Dr.) Phil Worthington, northern region dental commander, right, extracts a tooth with the help of U.S. Air Force and Timorese service members during an Operation Pacific Angel 15-2 health services outreach, Sept. 7, 2015, in Baucau, Timor-Leste. Pacific Angel is a multilateral humanitarian assistance civil military operation, which improves military-to-military partnerships in the Pacific while also providing medical health outreach, civic engineering projects and subject matter exchanges among partner forces.

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Hero and Remembrance Run, Walk or Roll event honors the fallen

A U.S. Navy running team consisting of chief petty officers and chief petty officers selects stretch after finishing the Fisher House Hero and Remembrance Run, Walk or Roll event at Ford Island, Sept. 5, 2015, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. More than 7,000 combat boots were placed along the 8K route, each adorned with a photo of a service member who gave their life while serving their country after 9/11.

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Pacific Angel Philippines partnership building commences

In this file photo, medical professionals from the U.S. Air Force, Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Royal Australian Air Force traveled to Paaralang Elementary school to provide students information about oral heath, general hygiene and rabies prevention during Pacific Angel in Lila, Philippines, Aug. 17, 2015. Pacific Angel is a multilateral humanitarian assistance civil military operation, which improves military-to-military partnerships in the Pacific while also providing medical health outreach, civic engineering projects and subject matter exchanges among partner forces.

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Exercise Beverly Midnight 15-4

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea (July 16, 2015) - A 35th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon taxis on the Kunsan Air Base runway as an 80th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off during Exercise Buddy Wing 15-4. The five-day quarterly operational readiness exercise enhanced strategic capabilities at Kunsan by generating combat airpower in a simulated chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive environment.

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Northern Edge 2015 battlespace, maximizes training capability

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (June 25, 2015) Live, virtual and constructive (LVC) participants from various U.S. military branches are tracked by the 353rd Combat Training Squadron as assets move into place in preparation for an Exercise Northern Edge scenario. The LVC system enables live participants like this U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon deployed to Alaska to directly engage and interact with virtual aviators operating from home station simulators, and contructive computer-generated forces to provide more robust training scenarios. Northern Edge 2015 is Alaska's premier joint training exercise designed to practice operations, tactics, techniques and procedures as well as enhance interoperability among thousands of Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, reserve and National Guard units.

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Pacific Angel Papua New Guinea 15-4

GOROKA, Papua New Guinea (June 1, 2015) - U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Randolph Callender, 36th Medical Operations Squadron optometry technician, Andersen Air Base, Guam, uses a portable autorefractor during Pacific Angel 15-4 at Unggai Primary School in Papua New Guinea. The portable autorefractor allows the optometry clinic to quickly get a baseline for a patient’s prescription glasses. The mission of Pacific Angel is to upgrade education and health facilities in the area, as well as work to deepen local disaster response capabilities.

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Deployable command, control system critical to Nepal earthquake relief

In this photo, deployable Joint Command and Control satellites send and receive communications information at the Joint Task Force 505 Intermediate Staging Base, Utapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield, Thailand, May 12. The satellite are part of the DJC2 system which is currently providing communications capability. DJC2 integrates software, hardware and processes to support a shared-information environment consisting of joint, coalition, multinational and nongovernmental agencies, and has proved to be an important communications tool during Operation Sahayogi Haat.

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36th Contingency Response Group arrives, unloads in Nepal

In this photo, Airmen from the 36th Contingency Response Group and U.S. Marines to prepare to unload a U.S. Marine UH-1Y Huey helicopter from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III on May 2015 at Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal. The 36th CRG is a rapid-deployment unit designed to establish and maintain airfield operations in a forward operating location and joined U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development led humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in support of the government and armed forces of Nepal.

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Palawan communities celebrate completion of new school facilities

PALAWAN, Philippines (Apr. 28, 2015) - U.S. military service members talk to children during exercise Balikatan 2015's San Rafael High School ribbon cutting ceremony in San Rafael. Construction of the BK15 humanitarian civic assistance projects started this past March with the Armed Forces of the Philippines, U.S. forces and Australian forces working shoulder-to-shoulder to construct a two-classroom building for Santa Lourdes National High School, Sabang Elementary School, San Rafael High School and San Rafael Elementary School. This year marks the 31st iteration of the exercise, which is an annual Philippine-U.S. bilateral military training exercise and humanitarian civic assistance engagement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal/Released)

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USAF, PAF Develop Bilateral Rescue Techniques

In this file photo, Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Crawford, left, and Staff Sgt. Jason Fischman, both pararescuemen with the 31st Rescue Squadron, prepare for takeoff from the former Clark Air Base, in the Philippines, April 23, 2015, as they respond to a notional mass casualty incident during Exercise Balikatan 2015. The drill was conducted alongside rescuemen from the 505th Rescue and Search Group of the Philippine Air Force. The bilateral training event provided both rescue teams with a better understanding of how each other operates and ensures mission accomplishment should they work side-by-side in the future. Balikatan is an annual Philippines-U.S. military training exercise and humanitarian assistance engagement, which highlights the long-standing partnership between both the nations.

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US Air Force participates in Aero India airshow

AIR FORCE STATION YELAHANKA, India (Feb. 20, 2015) - Members with Indian Army's 2nd Parachute Regiment (Special Forces), and National Security Guard line up to jump from a Pacific Air Forces C-17 Globemaster III for a parachuting demonstration at Air Force Station Yelahanka, Bengaluru, India, Feb. 20, 2015. Aero India is India's premier aerospace exhibition and airshow and allows the United States to demonstrate its commitment to the security of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and showcase defense aircraft and equipment, which ultimately contributes toward better regional cooperation and tactical compatibility with other countries. This year marks the 10th iteration of Aero India since its inception in 1996.

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US Air Force participates in Aero India airshow

In this file photo, a Pacific Air Forces C-17 Globemaster III performs a fly over during its aerial demonstration at Aero India Feb. 20, 2015 at Air Force Station Yelahanka, Bangaluru, India. Aero India is India's premier aerospace exhibition and airshow and allows the United States to demonstrate its commitment to the security of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and showcase defense aircraft and equipment, which ultimately contributes toward better regional cooperation and tactical compatibility with other countries. This year marks the 10th iteration of Aero India since its inception in 1996.

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US Air Force participates in Aero India airshow

AIR FORCE STATION YELAHANKA, India (Feb. 19, 2015) - Two Kadena F-15 Eagle fighter jets from the 44th Fighter Squadron sit as static display during Aero India. Aero India is India's premier aerospace exhibition and airshow and allows the United States to demonstrate its commitment to the security of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and showcase defense aircraft and equipment, which ultimately contributes toward better regional cooperation and tactical compatibility with other countries. This year marks the 10th iteration of Aero India since its inception in 1996.

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B-2s conduct deployment to Indo-Asia-Pacific

File photo of U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber aircraft.

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Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class

NEIAFU, Vava'u (July 22, 2014) - U.S. Air Force Capt. Jeremy Matis, a dentist, and Royal Australian Air Force Corporal Terri-Anne Dehncke, senior dental assistant-preventative, perform an extraction. The dental clinic was set up in a local college for the Pacific Angel-Tonga healthcare services outreach. Matis is deployed from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska and Dehncke is from RAAF Base Richmond, New South Wales. 140722-HQ302-071

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PACAF strengthens partenerships during 2013 Australian International Airshow

In this file photo, a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from 94th Fighter Squadron Langley Air Force Base, Va., takes off to perform an aerial demonstration for an estimated 180,000 spectators at the Australian International Airshow, March 2, 2013, at Avalon Airport in Geelong, Australia. The Australian International Airshow 2013 (AIA13) is held biennially, and is one of the largest international trade shows in the Pacific. U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) participation in AIA13 directly supports theater engagement goals and objectives and further enhances relationships with other Pacific nations.

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Betty Blake

Betty "Tack" Blake, 91, holds a model of a P-51 Mustang, her favorite aircraft to fly, in front of her home in Scottsdale, Ariz. Blake joined the first class of WAFs (later named Women Airforce Service Pilots). During World War II, she was assigned as a transport pilot, ferrying 36 different types of aircraft across America. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Betty Blake

Betty Blake received her flying wings from Women Airforce Service Pilots co-originator Jacqueline Cochran, a pioneer of American aviation, on April 24, 1943, during the graduation ceremony of the first 23 W.A.S.P pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Betty Blake

Betty Blake, 20 years old, stands in front of her family's home in Honolulu, Hawaii. Blake worked at the captain of the Navy yard's office and also flew tourists around the Hawaiian Islands as a commercial pilot before the attack on Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Betty Blake

Betty Blake posed in her Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron uniform in 1943. (Courtesy photo)

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