02 September 2016 Misawa, Pacific Angel Participants Impacted for Life JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- Patient care is crucial in a country with minimal accessibility to hospitals due to lengthy commutes and no means to travel to these locations.Operation Pacific Angel 16-3 had two health services operation sites to better enable local nationals in remote areas the opportunity to...
02 September 2016 Mission Ready Fighters: 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Keeps Kadena's Aircraft Battle Ready KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen rush from one end of the hangar to the other, strapping down more than 70 pallets full of aircraft equipment as the mechanical whir of forklifts moving equipment can be heard throughout the hangar. The 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron prepared aircraft equipment...
02 September 2016 In Korea, a Temporary City Springs Up for US, Canadian Soldiers YONGIN, SOUTH KOREA -- More than 300 I Corps soldiers showed up at Yongin, South Korea on Aug. 20, bleary-eyed and jet lagged after making the long journey from Joint-Base Lewis McChord to participate in a two-week training exercise. Two bus rides, two plane flights, several briefings, and clearing...
01 September 2016 Partnerships Connect as Pacific Endeavor Wraps up in Australia BRISBANE, Australia -- After two weeks of information sharing modules, equipment checks, and field testing, nearly 250 participants of Exercise Pacific Endeavor 2016 (PE16) came together for a closing ceremony at Gallipoli Barracks. The exercise put military experts from 22 Indo-Asia Pacific...
01 September 2016 Bilateral Exercise Prepares Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, U.S. Air Force for Airshow MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Midday, a loud boom echoed across Misawa’s flight line during a bilateral emergency management exercise led by the Japanese Air Self Defense Force, Aug. 31.The exercise was held to prepare USAF and JASDF members in the case of a scenario where a suicide bomber detonates an...