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Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Edward Stewart, from Suffolk, Virginia, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), launches an F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 on the ship’s flight deck in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 20.

USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operations
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, detonate an explosive charge during an urban breaching range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 7, 2025.

31st MEU | BLT 2/4 conducts urban breaching range
The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) transits Apra Harbor, Naval Base Guam, Jan. 12, 2025.

USS Columbia (SSN 771) pulls into Naval Base Guam
U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron line up on a flight line during an Elephant Walk at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2025.

BH 25-1: 909th ARS conducts elephant walk
U.S. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct fast rope training from MV-22 Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor 262 (Rein.) at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 15, 2025.

31st MEU | BLT 2/4 conducts Fast Rope Exercise
An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Golden Dragons” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192, is secured on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Jan. 12, 2025.

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine Flight Operations in the South China Sea
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to conduct Howitzer M777A2 loading drills during lift operations at LZ Dodo, on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Jan. 9, 2025.

31st MEU | CLB 31 Conducts M777 Howitzer Lift Exercise
Lt. Clint Vance, of Kalispell, Mont., signals an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Bounty Hunters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2, to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Jan. 12, 2025.

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine Flight Operations in the South China Sea
Japan Ground Self-Defense paratroopers assigned to the 1st Airborne Brigade jump out of a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron during New Year’s Jump in Indo-Pacific 25, Jan. 12, 2025.

US, international airborne forces soar during New Year’s Jump
An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the “Stingers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113 approaches the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during flight operations, Dec. 5, 2024.

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine Flight Operations at Sea
U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force maintainers perform nighttime maintenance on a C-130J Super Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop 2024 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The maintainers worked around the clock to ensure aircraft were mission-ready for humanitarian airdrop operations delivering essential supplies to remote Pacific island communities.
241210-F-YN203-1011.JPG Photo By: Master Sgt. Nathan Allen

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Maintainers from the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, research and discuss a solution for a rudder boost pack issue at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 9, 2024 during Operation Christmas Drop 2024.The tradition of OCD began during the Christmas season in 1952 when a B-29 Superfortress aircrew saw islanders waving at them from the island of Kapingamarangi, 3,500 miles southwest of Hawaii. In the spirit of Christmas, the aircrew dropped a bundle of supplies attached to a parachute to the islanders below, giving the operation its name. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Nathan Allen)


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