Articles

  • U.S. Air Force B-52s train with U.S. Navy P-8s in East China Sea

    Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers, assigned to the 96th Expeditionary Bomber Squadron (EBS), participated in a joint training mission with two U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft, assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 and VP-4, in the vicinity of Japan over the East China Sea Aug. 1, 2018.

  • Around the Air Force: July 3

    On this look around the Air Force, A B-52 crew assists in a search and rescue operation off the coast of Guam, an Afghan pilot class graduates in the Czech Republic, the Air Force is using innovative approaches to training pilots to make the process faster and more efficient. Hosted by Senior

  • COPE NORTH 18 personnel prepare for HA/DR execution

    U.S. Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) personnel prepare for the humanitarian assistance/disaster relief scenario in support of exercise COPE NORTH 2018 at Rota, U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Feb. 17. An annual exercise, this

  • Around the Air Force: Dec. 5

    On this look around the Air Force, we take a look at the Hurricane Hunters’ mission and this month marks the 66th anniversaryof Operation Christmas Drop. Hosted by Airman 1st Class Cory Kuttler.

  • “A Speech Worth Dying For” the first commander of the 36th Wing

    During World War II, Col. Henry R. Spicer’s P-51B Mustang was shot down on March 5, 1944 over Nazi Germany where he would become a Prisoner of War for the next 13 months. Spicer was the senior officer of North Compound 2, Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany during his internment and many of his fellow

  • 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron: Teamwork and Aloha

    The Hawaii Air National Guard’s 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron, returned from a four month deployment at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 14 where the unit utilized their skills with the Meteorological Shelter Navigation Model 7, a mobile air traffic control tower, to continue air operations

  • B-52s complete joint, combined missions in Indo-Asia-Pacific region

    Three U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortresses returned to Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Dec. 21, 2016, after executing 15 sorties near Australia and in the South China Sea in conjunction with forces from U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. European Command and Australia in support of U.S. Strategic