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  • A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron flies off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, during a large force exercise June 30, 2015. The exercise, which integrated U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps assets on Okinawa, was designed to allow the units to practice air-to-air capabilities while supporting ground troops. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Maeson L. Elleman/Released)

    Kadena, Marine units integrate for large-force exercise

    Flying squadrons from Kadena Air Base were a part of a joint service exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, with units from the Marine Corps to practice air-to-air superiority while protecting ground troops June 30.
  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Anthony Jackson, a fuels management technician from the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, turns the fuel pump off after re-fueling an F-15 Eagle June 23, 2015, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The fuel truck, an R-11, can hold approximately 6,000 gallons of fuel. Northern Edge 2015 is Alaska’s premier joint training exercise designed to practice operations, techniques and procedures as well as enhance interoperability among the services. Thousands of participants from all the services, Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, Reserve and National Guard units are involved. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Wicker/Released)

    Fuels Airmen, Marines support Northern Edge

    During exercise Northern Edge 2015, approximately 450,000 gallons of fuel per day kept nearly 60 aircraft at Eielson Air Force Base, fueled up and flying the skies over Alaska to accomplish critical joint training.
  • Maintenance crew members prepare a U.S. Air Force E-3G Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft for take off during Exercise Northern Edge June 25, 2015. Thousands of service members from all the branch services including active duty, Reserve and National Guard units participated. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. William Banton/Released)

    Upgraded AWACS platform tested at Northern Edge

    Calmly soaring at 30,000 feet in the midst of nearly 100 fighters, bombers and refueling tankers executing a battle scenario, an E-3G Sentry (AWACS) surveys every aircraft in a 300-mile radius, calling out commands, verifying target hits and sending aircraft back home safely.
  • Airman 1st Class Curtis Doherty, a 374th Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology journeyman, welds a post hole for a B-1B Lancer platform at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 23, 2015. The average time it takes to fix or create a piece of equipment is approximately eight hours. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman David Owsianka)

    Sparks fly in metal technology shop

    Sparks fly as Airmen help pieces of metal take form. These Airmen sometimes create something from nothing or improve necessary equipment for squadrons to continue their daily tasks.
  • Katie Evans, a temporarily separated captain and the former 18th Force Support Squadron manpower and personnel flight commander, gives a briefing about the career intermission program on Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 18, 2015. The CIP offers Airmen the opportunity to take a sabbatical from their Air Force career in return for twice the amount of months taken. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Omari Bernard)

    Balancing career, family through career intermission program

    Being in the U.S. military can be a tough balance between career and family. For some, it comes down to a choice between the two; however, for Katie Evans, a temporarily separated captain and the former 18th Force Support Squadron manpower and personnel flight commander here, it's about keeping both.
  • An F-22 Raptor from the 525 Fighter Squadron, returns from a mission during exercise Northern Edge 2015 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 18, 2015. Northern Edge is Alaska’s premier joint training exercise designed to practice operations, techniques and procedures, as well as enhance interoperability among the services. Thousands of participants from all services and components were involved. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. William Banton)

    Raptors bring intimidation to exercise Northern Edge

    Its wide muzzle, short black broad nose with large nostrils and deep-set, dark eyes grimace intimidation across the patch on the right shoulder of the pilot boarding his aircraft while preparing to engage an enemy in the joint interoperability environment that is Northern Edge 2015.
  • Navy Lt. Cmdr. Paul Cocker (left), the Alaskan Command deputy chief of future operations and Operation Colony Glacier project officer, shows local media some of the aircraft debris from the 1952 C-124 Globemaster II accident, June 10, 2015. Each summer since 2012, ALCOM has supported Operation Colony Glacier by removing aircraft debris and assisting in the recovery of human remains to ensure closure for families who have lost loved ones. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. John Gordinier)

    Alaska's military continues Operation Colony Glacier support

    In November 1952, an Air Force C-124 Globemaster II with 52 passengers and crewmembers aboard crashed near Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Almost 60 years later, June 9, 2012, an Alaska National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew on a training mission noticed some debris on Colony Glacier. The National Guard sent a team on foot to examine the site and they retrieved items that were identified as being from the C-124 crash.Since then, every summer during a small window of opportunity, Alaskan Command and Alaska National Guard personnel have been supporting the joint effort of Operation Colony Glacier.
  • An F-15C Eagle from the 67th Fighter Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, takes off during exercise Northern Edge from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 16, 2015. Northern Edge 2015 is Alaska’s premier joint training exercise designed to practice operations, techniques and procedures as well as enhance interoperability among the services. Thousands of participants from all the services and components were involved. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. William Banton)

    Northern Edge 2015 fills the skies

    Approximately 200 military aircraft filled the skies above Alaska June 15, signifying the start of the joint training exercise, Northern Edge 2015.
  • Members of a U.S. Pacific Command Joint Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team load onto a Marine Corps C-130 Hercules at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on April 29, 2015. The team deployed to Nepal to assist earthquake relief efforts. Kadena’s Airmen worked through the night to load the team’s 20-plus members and gear for the departure. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Erik Anthony)

    Nepal final report: AF support for Operation Sahayogi Haat

    Since the May 26 deactivation of the Nepal earthquake response task force, Joint Task Force-505, the scope of the Air Force's contribution to Operation Sahayogi Haat reveal the magnitude of Pacific Air Force's role in the response.
  • Airman 1st Class Deniqwia Brooks, a 673rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels specialist, prepares to fuel an F-15C Eagle on the flightline at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 8, 2015. The fuels management flight was recently recognized as the best in the Air Force due to its stellar performance despite the fact that they operate out of three geographically distant areas on an installation larger than all other Pacific Air Forces bases combine. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Wes Wright)

    Elmendorf fuels flight named best in AF

    The Air Force recently recognized the 673rd Logistics Readiness Squadron's Fuels Management Flight as the best in the Air Force after being named the winner of the 2014 American Petroleum Institute Award.
  • Airmen from the U.S. and South Korea work together to repair a damaged runway during exercise Pacific Unity, June 11, 2015, at Jungwon Air Base, South Korea. The exercise was designed to give U.S. and South Korean airmen the chance to further develop their international relationship by networking and exchanging information, while working together in a simulated contingency. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jake Barreiro)

    US, South Korea civil engineers strengthen alliance during Pacific Unity

    Civil engineer Airmen from the South Korea and U.S. air forces strengthened their joint partnership and sharpened their emergency response skills during Pacific Unity June 9-11 at Jungwon Air Base, South Korea.
  • Staff Sgt. Joshua Greene, is just one of more than 30 Sexual Assault Prevention and Response victim advocates at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, who are the first line of support for victims of sexual assault. The victim advocate offers support to their clients, facilitates their decision making, informs them of their rights, serves as a liaison among agencies, accompanies their clients to appointments, offer crisis intervention, conducts safety planning and works with other helping and law enforcement agencies until their services are no longer needed or requested. Greene is assigned to the 673rd Civil Engineer Squadron as a firefighter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera)

    Victim advocate lends a helping hand

    Staff Sgt. Joshua Greene, a 673rd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, has been a victim advocate for the past seven years, and although he hadn't put much thought into it when he signed up, the impact he has made on others has caused him to never look back.
  • Tech. Sgt. Roshia Johari, the 554th RED HORSE NCO in charge of water and fuels systems maintenance contingency training, uses an ultrameter to test the quality of a water source June 9, 2015, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit’s purification process starts with finding a viable water source, which could be fresh, brackish or saltwater. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joshua Smoot)

    Drink up: Airmen train to purify warfighter water

    At Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, specially trained Airmen are able to turn untested water into potable H2O.
  • Senior Airman Presley Griffith, a 36th Mobility Response Squadron executive assistant, offers a free football spring practice camp as volunteer coach at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. A former high school quarterback, Griffith is working toward his goal of becoming a high school football coach. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexander W. Riedel)

    Game changer: Airman gives back, grows as mentor to high school football team

    For almost a month now, Senior Airman Presley Griffith, a 36th Mobility Response Squadron executive assistant, spends three evenings per week coaching free preseason conditioning training for prospective high school football players at Guam High School.
  • Lt. Col. Weilun Hsu, the 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometry flight commander from Yokota Air Base, Japan, determines which glasses to prescribe a local during Pacific Angel 15-4 at Unggai Primary School in Papua New Guinea, June 1, 2015. The optometrists prescribed more than 200 glasses, allowing the locals to walk away seeing better than before. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marcus Morris)

    PACANGEL efforts end in Papua New Guinea

    Pacific Angel 15-4 officially ended June 8 after seven days of civic assistance projects that provided medical care for 3,859 patients, refurbished three schools for 3,000 students and helped two local hospitals overhaul their ability to respond to emergencies.
  • Gen. Lori J. Robinson, the Pacific Air Forces commander, passes the U.S. Forces Japan guidon to the new U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. John L. Dolan, during a change of command ceremony June 5, 2015, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The passing of the guidon marks the beginning of Dolan's tour as the commander of the USFJ and 5th Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Delano Scott)

    New US Forces Japan, 5th Air Force leader assumes command

    Lt. Gen. John L. Dolan assumed command of U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force during a change of command ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 5.

  • Alcohol consumption slow road to nowhere

    The long warm days of summer invite celebration, recreation and relaxation as residents hurry to cram in all their outdoor activities before the cold, dark winter arrives and drives everyone back inside. One familiar attendee to outdoor social gatherings is alcohol. While many choose not to partake in the summertime ritual of downing a few cool brewskis or chugging a couple shots, many others will make it a part of their lives this summer. Aside from those pesky hangovers, how much alcohol consumption is too much?
  • A KC-135 Stratotanker connects with a B-52H Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., during an aerial refueling mission over the Alaskan coastline as part of exercise Amalgam Dart 15-2 May 28, 2015. The annual North American Aerospace Defense Command exercise affords American and Canadian forces field training aimed at improving NORAD's operational capability in a binational environment. The exercise spanned two forward operating locations in Canada’s Northwest Territories, two U.S. Air Force bases in Alaska, and a mobile radar site in Resolute, Nunavut, as well as the sky over much of NORAD’s area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)

    Fairchild, McConnell tankers fuel NORAD exercise

    A tanker task force assembled from the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, and the 22nd ARW from McConnell AFB, Kansas, joined approximately 300 military personnel and 15 aircraft in exercise Amalgam Dart 15-2 May 26-June 1.
  • South Korean air force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 123rd Tactical Fighter Squadron arrive at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, for exercise Buddy Wing 15-4, June 1, 2015. Buddy Wing exercises are held multiple times throughout the year at various U.S. and South Korean air force bases to sharpen combined air combat tactics on the peninsula. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson)

    Kunsan hosts Buddy Wing 15-4

    The 8th Fighter Wing is hosting members from the South Korean air force's 123rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Wing at Seosan Air Base, South Korea, to participate in exercise Buddy Wing 15-4 here June 1-5.

  • Colleges, universities to provide higher-level education in Pacific theater

    The Defense Department awarded contracts to four colleges and universities to provide in-resident college and graduate programs at overseas military installations across U.S. Pacific Command to include mainland Japan, Okinawa, South Korea and Guam.
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