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Hawaii’s exceptional seven recognized during Military Appreciation Month

HONOLULU, Hawaii — The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii’s Military Affairs Council, government officials, and U.S. Pacific Command leadership take a group photograph with honorees at the state capitol building, during the Annual Hawaii Military Appreciation Month ceremony on May 6. The Ceremony was an opportunity for government, business, and community leaders recognize and honor Hawaii-based service members and their families for their sacrifice.

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Good to be home

CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines (April 22, 20160 - U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jay Perocho Acasio, an aircrew flight equipment journeyman with the 51st Operations Support Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, looks out over his home country during a HH-60G Pave Hawk flight near Clark Air Base, Philippines. The staff sergeant is one of three Filipino-American Airmen serving U.S. Pacific Command’s newly stood up Air Contingent in the Philippines. Acasio is from Ozamiz City in the Misamis Occidental, Philippines.

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Duluth Air Guard Deploys F-16s to Osan

CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines (April 19, 2016) - A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II with the 51st Fighter Wing out of Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, touches down at Clark AB after returning from its first operational mission through international airspace, providing air and maritime situational awareness. The A-10C's mission enhances U.S. military assets in the region upholding freedom of navigation and over flight. Five A-10Cs are joined with three HH-60G Pave Hawks, and approximately 200 personnel deployed from multiple Pacific Air Forces units to make up the first iteration of the U.S. Pacific Command Air Contingent at Clark AB.

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Sunsets over A-10C

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, sits on the flight line of Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 16, 2016, as part of a newly stood up Air Contingent in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The contingent's first iteration is comprised of five A-10Cs, three HH-60G Pavehawks and approximately 200 Pacific Air Forces personnel including aircrew, maintainers, logistics and support personnel. The A-10C were chosen as they were already in place supporting Exercise Balikatan 16 and have a proven record operating out of short and austere airstrips, provide a flexible range of capabilities, and have a mission profile consistent with the air and maritime domain awareness operations the air contingent will conduct.

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US, Cambodian forces close Angkor Sentinel 2016, celebrate strengthened partnership

(left to right)Ambassador William Headt, the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodian; Royal Cambodian Army Gen. Meas Sophea; and Maj. Gen. Todd McCaffrey, U.S. Army Pacific's Deputy Commander, troop the line to conclude the Angkor Sentinel 2016 closing ceremony March 25, 2016, at the Training School for Multinational Peacekeeping Forces in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia. This year marked the seventh iteration of the annual bilateral military exercise hosted by the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces and sponsored by the U.S. Army Pacific that’s designed to collectively strengthen the two countries’ humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities and improve military-to-military cooperation.

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Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise

Royal Thai Marines, amphibious assault vehicles, and a Bell 212 simulate a casualty evacuation during a combined arms live fire exercise at Ban Chan Khrem, Thailand, during exercise Cobra Gold, Feb. 18, 2016. Cobra Gold is a multinational training exercise developed to strengthen security and interoperability between the Kingdom of Thailand, the U.S. and other participating nations.

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Veteran honors parents as NMCP caretaker

Chris Farley, U.S. Navy veteran and National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP) caretaker, visits the resting place of his parents at the NMCP Nov. 28, 2015, in Honolulu. Farley is a U.S. Navy veteran who served from 1982 to 1987 as an air traffic controller. He is responsible for the maintenance of the 112.5 acres of land that make up the cemetery, the 56,971 grave sites of those who are interred in-ground or in-columbarium, and the 28,788 fallen who are memorialized in the courts of the missing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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Veteran honors parents as NMCP caretaker

Chris Farley, U.S. Navy veteran and National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP) caretaker, visits the resting place of his parents at the NMCP Nov. 28, 2015, in Honolulu. Farley is a U.S. Navy veteran who served from 1982 to 1987 as an air traffic controller. He is responsible for the maintenance of the 112.5 acres of land that make up the cemetery, the 56,971 gravesites of those who are interred in-ground or in-columbarium, and the 28,788 fallen who are memorialized in the courts of the missing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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Veteran honors parents as NMCP caretaker

Chris Farley, U.S. Navy veteran and National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP) caretaker, reads names of fallen service members at the NMCP Nov. 28, 2015, in Honolulu. Farley is a U.S. Navy veteran who served from 1982 to 1987 as an air traffic controller. He is responsible for the maintenance of the 112.5 acres of land that make up the cemetery, the 56,971 gravesites of those who are interred in-ground or in-columbarium, and the 28,788 fallen who are memorialized in the courts of the missing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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Veteran honors parents as NMCP caretaker

Chris Farley, U.S. Navy veteran and National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP) caretaker, poses for a photo at the NMCP Nov. 28, 2015, in Honolulu. Farley is a U.S. Navy veteran who served from 1982 to 1987 as an air traffic controller. He is responsible for the maintenance of the 112.5 acres of land that make up the cemetery, the 56,971 gravesites of those who are interred in-ground or in-columbarium, and the 28,788 fallen who are memorialized in the courts of the missing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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Cobra Gold 2015

In this file photo, U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Steven Rudder, commanding general, 1st Marine Air Wing(right), watch the dedication ceremony for the Ban Chan Khrem Elementary School, during Exercise Cobra Gold 2015 in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 17, 2015.The dedication ceremony was held to recognize the work done as well as to celebrate with the local community on the construction of a new classroom.

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Fortune Guard goes to sea

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 6, 2014) A Republic of Korea (ROK) Coastguard and a ROK Navy Sailor question Able Seaman Grahame Kelaher about a mock electronic discharge machine they found in a conex container on USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) during a live exercise for Fortune Guard 2014. Fortune Guard is the region’s premier exercise designed to build regional weapons of mass destruction counter-proliferation capacity and long-term commitment to the proliferation security initiative in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st class Amanda Dunford/Released).

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Fortune Guard goes to sea

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 6, 2014) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Sailors clear the deck onboard USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) during a live exercise for Fortune Guard 2014. Fortune Guard is the region’s premier exercise designed to build regional weapons of mass destruction counter-proliferation capacity and long-term commitment to the proliferation security initiative in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st class Amanda Dunford/Released).

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Exercise Fortune Guard 22

In this file photo, a Republic of Korea Coast Guardsman and a ROK navy sailor question Able Seaman Grahame Kelaher with the Royal Australian Navy about a mock electronic discharge machine they found in a conex container on USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187), Aug. 6, during the live exercise at sea for Fortune Guard 2014. Fortune Guard is the region's premier exercise designed to build regional weapons of mass destruction counter-proliferation capacity and long-term commitment to the proliferation security initiative in the Indo-Asia-Pacific

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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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U.S. Pacific Command celebrates 70 years of service

U.S. Pacific Command celebrates 70 years of service on January 1, 2017.

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