08 December 2014 Pearl Harbor Day Commemorates 73rd Anniversary of Attacks Veterans, service members, families and guests commemorated Pearl Harbor Day with multiple ceremonies at Ford Island and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Dec. 7.The theme of this year's historic commemorations, "Preserving the Memory," focused on keeping the story of the attacks on Oahu and the...
08 December 2014 VMM-265 Lands at MCAS Iwakuni, Begins Preparation for Support of Exercise Forest Light Three MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 landed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 6, 2014, to refuel and begin planning for support of Exercise Forest Light in Kumamoto Prefecture.Forest Light is a routine, semiannual training exercise that...
08 December 2014 U.S. Air Force B-52 Takes Part in Joint Training at Royal Australian Air Force Darwin The U.S. Air Force will send a B-52 and KC-135, operatingfrom Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwinlater this week to take part in short term joint training with the RAAF. TheB-52 is assigned to Andersen AFB as part of U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. AirForce...
08 December 2014 Anchorage Completes NASA Orion Mission San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) successfully completed recovery operations of the NASA Orion crew module, forward bay cover, and parachutes, Dec 5. The Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1) recovery is part of a U.S. government interagency effort to safely...
05 December 2014 Team Osan Receives Follow-on Forces, Cargo for Exercise Beverly Bulldog 15-01 Typically, the 731st Air Mobility Squadron, operating out of Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, is responsible for the safe passage of thousands of passengers entering and exiting the ROK. However, the squadron has a dual mission that contributes to maintaining stability on the Korean peninsula...