Oct. 4, 2024 AF Week in Photos This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
July 19, 2024 Eielson AFB hosts Arctic Defender 24 Over 500 personnel from the U.S., German, French, Spanish and Canadian air forces as well as the U.S. Marine Corps participated in Arctic Defender 24 at Eielson Air Force Base, July 8-18.
March 27, 2024 Red Flag-Nellis 24-2 shapes the future of air combat Red Flag 24-2 presented a prime opportunity to forge pathways for collaboration with joint services and NATO countries. It showcased the cutting-edge capabilities of fifth-generation F-35 Lightning IIs and sophisticated threat replication techniques.
Aug. 20, 2023 8 EAMS innovates, provides joint airlift across COCOMs The 8th EAMS coordinated airlift operations with the HM-15 DET IIA to expedite the transport of troops-in-contact ground support equipment for a U.S. Army unit in the U.S. Central Command theater of operations.
Feb. 26, 2023 CJTF-HOA conducts joint FARP exercise on African continent The Forward Arming and Refueling Point mission enables aircraft supporting combat operations to refuel much closer to their area of operation, saving a significant amount of time.
Jan. 4, 2022 Security forces defend Ali Al Salem from drones U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army assets have been bolstering their c-SUAS efforts, which has helped develop seminars to provide leadership with guidance on how the 386th ESFS is countering drone threats.
Nov. 1, 2021 Southern Beach boosts lethality, strengthens partnerships Exercise Southern Beach primarily focused on offensive and defensive counter air operations, personnel rescue and airdrop missions. This was the first time since the inception of Southern Beach in which the majority of the mission sets and a Japan-U.S. training program were conducted during night
Sept. 11, 2020 Bombers, Marine F-35s join Point Blank 20-4 exercise More than 50 aircraft from the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Marine Corps, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Netherlands Air Force participated in exercise Point Blank 20-04 over the North Sea, Sep. 10.
March 2, 2020 Multinational medics, civilian first responders ‘save lives’ at exercise Cope North 2020 Together, the United States Air Force and Navy, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and Royal Australian air force raced against the clock in a realistic exercise scenario to save 24 patients from a bus rollover. They worked alongside Guam’s Army National Guard and local police and emergency medical
March 2, 2020 Air Force trains with joint, combined forces in rapid airfield damage repair A rapid airfield damage repair training exercise was part of exercise Cope North 2020, an annual U.S. Pacific Air Forces joint/combined, trilateral field training exercise held from Feb. 12-28.
Feb. 20, 2020 US, Japanese, Australian forces train together during Pacific Defender 20-1 Pacific Defender 20-1, which was hosted by the 736th Security Forces Squadron Commando Warrior flight, is the first in a region-wide series of security forces-centric exercises and subject matter expert exchanges scheduled for this year. The U.S. Pacific Air Forces-sponsored events bring together
May 4, 2015 Brothers in arms fly together Members of the U.S. military oftentimes have relatives that serve alongside them, and this is the case for the Allen brothers, they were recently reunited at exercise Max Thunder 15-1 in South Korea.
Dec. 6, 2014 Train together, fight together It takes more than one military branch to defend America's freedoms as joint tactics play a key role in today’s warfighting missions.