Air Force Features

June 6, 2017
Island defenders: Guam guardsmen protect expeditionary base, coalition mission

For a team of Airmen from Guam, the monotony of the landscape surrounding them lies in stark contrast with the lush green hills of the Pacific island they left behind.These security forces members deployed from the 254th Security Forces Squadron of the Guam Air National Guard to secure access points
May 22, 2017
Coordinated response: Coalition forces conduct first joint crash exercise

Members of the U.S., French, Australian and other coalition air forces recently participated in a joint crash response exercise at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, May 16, 2017.
April 20, 2017
NATO partners conduct close air support exercise

Today’s fight against terrorism doesn’t rest on the shoulders of one country. It’s a team fight, meaning countries must be interoperable to effectively defeat that threat.To better support the team, members of the German air force’s Air Ground Operations Squadron partnered with the 19th Air Support
April 12, 2017
U.S., South Korean Airmen exercise port opening capability

Approximately 60 Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, 30 U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 689th Rapid Port Opening Element stationed at JB Langley-Eustis, Virginia, and a few dozen South Korean air force members participated in
April 4, 2017
CSAF shares thoughts, stresses importance of Hanscom work during visit

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein visited Hanscom Air Force Base March 28 to 30, 2017 to learn more about the work done at the base, meet with local civic officials to discuss collaboration, and share his insight about where the Air Force currently is and where it’s headed.
March 29, 2017
Joint mission enables patients to receive critical care

Airmen and Soldiers, along with U.S. and Japanese civilian personnel from six different locations around the world, teamed up to provide the largest aeromedical evacuation ever at Misawa Air Base, for two critical patients March 22, 2017.
Feb. 24, 2017
U.S, Japan, Australia airmen improve aeromedical evacuation integration

Airmen from the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron conducted trilateral training with members of the Royal Australian Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Feb. 21, 2017, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during annual exercise Cope North.
Feb. 16, 2017
Red Flag 17-1 pushes domain, fifth-gen integration

As coalition pilots, intelligence analysts, and cyber and space operators convene at the Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas, for Red Flag 17-1, they have one goal in mind: work together to defeat the adversary, which at times is 20 living adversaries simultaneously working to attack
Feb. 13, 2017
US, coalition air forces build relationships through munitions

Members of the Royal Australian Air Force and U.S. Air Force constructed 4,000-pounds of Joint Direct Attack Munitions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Okra at an undisclosed location Feb. 9.
Feb. 8, 2017
Forging partnerships: AF, Royal Navy medical teams train onboard HMS Ocean

Over the course of five days, medical personnel from the 379th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron and the Royal navy worked together to test their capabilities during coalition exercise Azraq Serpent, Jan. 23–27, 2017.
Dec. 7, 2016
AFCENT Tankers fuel the fight

In the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the Iraqi counteroffensive to liberate Mosul, no nation works alone. In the skies, pilots from 19 nations work tirelessly to dismantle, disrupt and ultimately destroy ISIL by striking infrastructure, roadways and other high-value
Nov. 18, 2016
Coalition intel cell breaks down boundaries

At the Combined Air Operations Center, the Coalition Intelligence Fusion Cell, a multinational team of intelligence specialists, works side-by-side to provide intelligence to commanders for the fight to degrade and ultimately defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Nov. 17, 2016
CRG enables strategic air operations at Qayyarah West

The landing was much more than routine; it was symbolic. It represented the first time a fixed wing Iraqi aircraft, loaded with cargo, landed at the strategic airfield since it fell to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters in 2014.
Nov. 7, 2016
Coalition airstrike demonstrates synergy among nations

The U.S.-led Coalition tasked with degrading and defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant successfully executed a large scale, multinational strike on a weapons facility in Al Haditha, Iraq, Oct. 31.
Sept. 20, 2016
APF Ghana builds trust, relationships, interoperability

Airmen and 12 African nations concluded an African Partnership Flight in Ghana Sept. 16.Co-hosted by U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa and the Ghanaian air force, the five-day event brought together air forces from around Africa."APF is really unique because it’s a military-to-military

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