09 June 2023 AFJROTC Cadets Experience 176th Wing Mission during JBER Visit JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- As part of a week-long camp, Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets from three local high schools toured multiple aircraft and Alaska Air National Guard facilities, and flew in an HC-130J Combat King II assigned to the 176th Wing and 3rd...
08 June 2023 Yokota Airlifts Supplies to Guam After Typhoon Mawar YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Team Yokota sprung into action and coordinated a delivery of over 36,000 pounds of frozen foods and refrigerated perishable items to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to aid in the ongoing Guam relief effort following Typhoon Mawar, June 3.The storm struck Guam with the force...
08 June 2023 U.S. Transcom Commander Touts Partnerships as Key to Global Mobility WASHINGTON -- Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, U.S. Transportation Command commander, said our allies and commercial partners are key to the U.S. maintaining its capability to move troops and supplies around the globe at a moment's notice.From undertaking the historic noncombatant evacuation of...
08 June 2023 Agile Combat Employment Course Prepares Airmen for Strategic Engagements in Indo-Pacific MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AFNS) -- The National Defense Strategy and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy identify the Indo-Pacific as a priority theater vital to the nation’s security and prosperity.The Air Force Culture and Language Center (AFCLC) has partnered with the Air Force Special Operations...
08 June 2023 Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, 13th MEU Return to Home Port San Diego SAN DIEGO, California -- The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, led by commander, Amphibious Squadron 7 and comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), with the embarked 13th Marine...