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  • U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. James Sage, Hawaiian Raptors pilot, discusses U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor capabilities with Republic of Korea Air Force Academy cadets, Nov. 10, 2015, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The cadets’ visit was part of an effort to build a foundation of partnership and interoperability between Headquarters Pacific Air Forces and future ROKAF leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amanda Dick/Released)

    PACAF hosts first visit of Korean cadets

    Pacific Air Forces hosted more than 70 Republic of Korea Air Force Academy cadets at its headquarters Nov. 10 for its first-ever visit by a ROKAFA cadet class.
  • Airmen prepare seating in a C-130 Hercules during Vigilant Ace 16 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 2, 2015. Multiple C-130s were inspected, reconfigured and fueled in preparation of flights for Vigilant Ace, a U.S. and South Korea combined exercise aimed at enhancing operational and tactical level coordination through combined and joint combat training. The exercise also provided critical training for the Airmen of the 374th Airlift Wing to maintain peace and stability in Japan and the entire Indo-Asia Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Cody H. Ramirez)

    Yokota enhances capabilities through exercise

    Members of the 374th Airlift Wing participated in exercise Vigilant Ace 16 from Nov. 1-10, in conjunction with a Samurai Readiness Inspection at Yokota Air Base. Vigilant Ace is a large-scale exercise on the Korean Peninsula designed to enhance the interoperability of U.S. and allied forces through combined combat training.
  • Members of the 33rd Rescue Squadron prepare for takeoff inside their HH-60G Pave Hawk Oct. 16, 2015, at Osan Air Base, South Korea. The 33rd RQS members are from Kadena Air Base, Japan, and are participating in exercise Pacific Thunder 15-02. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sutton)

    Pacific Thunder tests combat search, rescue capabilities

    A bilateral exercise involving combat search and rescue drills ended Oct. 23 after nearly two weeks of constant training between U.S. and South Korean forces.
  • Master Sgt. Wendell Barnes, the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander support staff superintendent, tells his story during Resilient Airmen Day at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 2, 2015. Barnes spoke to more than 250 people about how his spirituality guided him through a difficult situation in his life. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordyn Fetter)

    Spirituality holds Airman up

    "It puts things into perspective," said Master Sgt. Wendell Barnes, the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander support staff superintendent. "I love what I do in the military, but it is temporary and my faith is forever."
  • U.S. Airmen assigned to the 354th Maintenance Squadron service an F110-GE-100C jet engine Oct. 8, 2015, in the Engine Shop at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The maintainers disassembled the engine and inspected every component for potential damage before starting repairs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft/Released)

    Eielson engine shop ensures routine care, maintenance for F-16s

    The 3,830-pound General Electric F110-GE-100 engine and the hundreds of parts that support the turbofan system present an enormous job for the 20 Airmen responsible for rebuilding it.
  • Lt. Gen. John Dolan, the U.S. Forces Japan commander, and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Lt. Gen. Yoshiyuki Sugiyama, the Air Defense Command commander, thank each other for the opportunity to demonstrate a great show of friendship by making a bilateral exchange flight possible at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 14, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jose L. Hernandez-Domitilo)

    Generals’ aerial exchange demonstrates alliance, friendship

    As a testament to the strong friendship and alliance between the U.S. and Japan, two top military leaders from both nations came together for a bilateral exchange flight here Oct. 14.
  • Senior Airman Augustine Thompson-Brown is a 35th Medical Operations Squadron mental health technician at Misawa Air Base, Japan. Thompson-Brown spent most of her life homeless before joining the Air Force and shares her story to inspire others to conquer their own difficulties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordyn Fetter)

    Mental strength leads Airman through tough times

    Surviving an unstable upbringing in Pittsburgh, she never expected to be grabbing onto the Eiffel Tower in Paris at age 21. What started as watching scenes of this historic landmark in movies led her to envision a life beyond her childhood confinement. This was it, the height of her bucket list. Senior Airman Augustine Thompson-Brown had a limited perspective about the world until she joined the Air Force at age 18 and moved on from the challenges she grew up with.
  • Special Victims' Counsel provides sexual assault victims legal assistance. SVCs are active-duty judge advocates whose role is to represent victims in a confidential, attorney-client relationship through the investigation and prosecution process. (U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic)

    The voice of the victims

    Power: the strength to make a decision. Control: the means to carry it out. These things are the currency of freedom, and what are robbed from sexual assault victims.
  • Senior Airman Terrence Lawrence and Staff Sgt. Eric Fitch, both 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintenance specialists, troubleshoot an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 7, 2015. Lawrence was the first Airman to complete a program called Cut Training, which cross utilizes Airmen to fill undermanned crew chief positions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Turner)

    Cut Training keeps maintenance mission moving

    The 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron has created a program called Cut Training to train Airmen from different maintenance career fields to perform crew chief tasks and keep the mission going.
  • U.S. Air Force Capt. Jodi Verkleir, 36th Medical Support Squadron Readiness Flight commander, discusses a simulated earthquake scenario with Indonesian Capt. Imam Suhada, a medical planner, during Exercise Gema Bhakti in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 16, 2015. Verkleir joined more than 40 U.S. Pacific Command participants during the 10-day bilateral joint exercise designed to promote positive military relations, increase cultural awareness and enhance training and understanding of respective capabilities. U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Lyman

    AF captain participates in 'Echo of Good Deeds'

    U.S. service members and the Indonesian armed forces participating in Gema Bhakti, Indonesian for "Echo of Good Deeds," are doing their part to ensure the exercise lives up to its name.
  • Capt. Michael Farrara, a 459th Airlift Squadron C-12 pilot, attempts to move quietly through the bamboo during a survival, evasion, resistance and escape combat survival training at Tama Hills Recreation Area, Japan, Sept. 22, 2015. Students are taught to move quietly to avoid capture. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Baker)

    SERE: The drive to survive

    Staff Sgt. Robert Rogers, 374th Operations Support Squadron SERE training NCO in charge, has been serving the Air Force as a SERE specialist for eight years.
  • Airmen assigned to the 554th RED HORSE Squadron expand a garden Sept. 26, 2015, at the Guma San Jose Homeless Shelter in Dededo, Guam. The team offered specialized services to assist with the shelter’s electrical, plumbing and air conditioning issues. Crews also expanded a garden to allow residents to grow their own fruits and vegetables and develop healthy eating habits. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joshua Smoot)

    RED HORSE Airmen lend helping hand to homeless shelter in Guam

    RED HORSE Airmen are part of a uniquely trained unit that provides rapid response for quick airfield or facility repairs in remote areas. But Airmen assigned to 554th RED HORSE Squadron -- short for Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers -- used their training in a different setting Sept. 26 as they helped the Guma San Jose Homeless Shelter in Dededo.
  • Linda DeFrancesco, mother of Senior Airman Lawrence DeFrancesco, places her hands on a plaque with her son’s name on it during a quiet moment before a ceremony at the Yukla 27 memorial. American and Canadian airmen assigned to the 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron, distinguished guests, and surviving family members of the crew of the E-3B Sentry, AWACS aircraft, call sign Yukla 27, gathered for 20th anniversary memorial ceremonies, Sept 22, 2015, on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Yukla 27, from the 962nd AACS, encountered a flock of geese and crashed shortly after takeoff on a routine surveillance training sortie Sept. 22, 1995, killing all 24 U.S. and Canadian airmen aboard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)

    Families mark 20 years since tragic loss of AWACS crew

    On Sept. 22, 2015 -- 20 years after Yukla 27's final flight -- more than 150 friends and family members gathered in a frigid Alaska morning, having flown in from all over the world to honor the 24 crew members lost that day.
  • Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, perform a helo-casting jump out of an HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 33rd Rescue Squadron during an amphibious operations exercise Sept. 22, 2015, off the west coast of Okinawa, Japan. Team members are qualified in nonstandard methods of infiltration, including static line, military free fall, and closed and open circuit diving. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman John Linzmeier)

    Special tactics Airmen execute amphibious training

    Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron conducted an amphibious training operation along the west coast of Okinawa Sept. 22-24 to refresh qualifications and retain proficiency in various special tactics skill sets.
  • Capt. Michael Gruber, the 35th Communications Squadron director of operations, set out to pay respect to America’s prisoners of war and missing in action, as well as stand in solidarity with his father who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer, by running 85 miles for 24 hours straight, Sept. 18, 2015, at Misawa Air Base, Japan. As an avid runner, he has taken part in four 100-mile and one 100-km remembrance runs, collecting a memorabilia belt buckle to commemorate each marathon. (U.S. Air Force illustration/Senior Airman Jose L. Hernandez-Domitilo)

    24-hour journey for heroes, father

    He reached his 5th hour of running alone in the still of a dark, cold night lit only by streetlights surrounding the track -- 25 miles down, 75 more to go.
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. Leah Sprecher, Pacific Air Forces legal planner and Tentara Nasional Indonesia legal planner, and TNI Maj. Slamet discuss urban search and rescue legal considerations during exercise Gema Bhakti. Gema Bhakti, Indonesian for 'Echo of Good Deeds,' is a 10-day exercise designed to promote positive military relations, increase cultural awareness and enhance training and understanding of each other's capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Joel Banjo-Johnson/Released)

    Airmen gain knowledge in Indonesian exercise

    U.S. and Indonesian service members recently shared knowledge in a 10-day bilateral exercise in Jakarta, Indonesia, that allowed participants to plan humanitarian assistance in a devastating natural disaster scenario.
  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody introduce major command panelists during a Q-and-A session at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 16, 2015, in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)

    Time with MAJCOM commanders at the four-star forum

    Members of the Air Force, Air Force Association and defense industry were invited to a Q-and-A session with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James M. Cody and several major command commanders during a four-star forum at the AFA Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 16 in Washington D.C.
  • Tech. Sgt. Michael Alexander II, a 354th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordinance disposal technician from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, removes two of four buckets containing 65 sticks deteriorating dynamite from a garage in Delta Junction, Alaska, Sept. 20, 2015. The EOD flight responded to the report of explosives at the request of local authorities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

    EOD aids remote civil officials in dynamite disposal

    Three explosive ordnance disposal Airmen from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, were dispatched 78 miles to lend support to a volunteer fire department and Alaska State Troopers Sept. 20.
  • New Zealand Defense Force Maj. Phil Worthington, northern region dental commander, extracts a tooth with the help of U.S. Air Force and Timorese service members during an Operation Pacific Angel 15-2 health services outreach event Sept. 7, 2015, in Baucau, Timor-Leste. Pacific Angel is a multilateral humanitarian assistance civil military operation, which improves military-to-military partnerships in the Pacific while also providing medical health outreach, civic engineering projects and subject matter exchanges among partner forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel/Released)

    Pacific Angel 15-2 underway in Timor-Leste

    Members of the U.S. Air Force and Navy, Defence Forces of Timor-Leste, and New Zealand army began humanitarian assistance operations as part of Pacific Angel 15-2 Sept. 7, in Baucau, Timor Leste.
  • Two firefighters from the Songtan fire station followed by Staff Sgt. Michael White, 51st Civil Engineer Squadron crew chief, enter a training aircraft to perform a fire extinguishing exercise Aug 26, 2015, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Firefighters from the 51st CES recently hosted a fire-training event and invited the local firefighters as well as firefighters from the Republic of Korea air force to participate. (U. S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sutton)

    US, South Korea firefighter training strengthens partnerships

    Firefighters from the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron recently hosted a fire training event Aug. 26 at Osan Air Base, South Korea, for members of the South Korean air force and Songtan fire stations.
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