Beverly High: Preparing for High Tempo Operations

09/26/2017
09/26/2017: Beverly High is a 24 hour realistic training exercise evaluating Kadena Air Base’s capabilities for 3 days. It’s comprised of multiple units working together confirming the readiness to fight today, tonight, tomorrow. Airmen loading 20MM onto F-15s KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JAPAN 09.07.2017 Video by Staff Sgt. Devin Nothstine 18th Wing…

Chief of Indian Air Force to Australia: The Visit to Amberley Airbase

09/25/2017
09/25/2017: On the 21 September 2017 Chief of the Air Staff Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa, visited RAAF Base Amberley as part of his inaugural visit to Australia. [maxgallery id="100777"] During the visit Air Chief Marshall Birender Singh Dhanoa had an opportunity to meet and discuss capability…

Aussie KC-30A in the Middle East

09/25/2017
09/25/2017: Two KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft were together at the main air operating base in the Middle East region recently to conduct a routine aircraft ‘tailswap’. The aircraft, flown in by crews from its home unit, No. 33 Squadron, will begin its service as part of the Air Task Group…

Osprey Across the Pacific

09/25/2017
09/25/2017: U.S. Marine MV-22B Osprey pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 successfully completed their deployment with Marine Rotational Force Darwin on Sept. 17, 2017. This marked several milestones for the aircraft, which included the first trans-Pacific Flight from Marine Corps Base Hawaii to Darwin, Australia and the aircrafts first deployment…

Australian Minister of Defense Visit To PACOM

09/25/2017
09/25/2017: Monday Sep. 18, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) Adm. Harry Harris met with Australian Minister of Defence Marise Payne, at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. Adm. Harris welcomed the Minister’s first visit to PACOM headquarters. During Adm. Harris’ most recent trip to Australia last June, he participated with Minister Payne in…

VMM 268 Trans-Pacific Flight

09/25/2017
09/25/2017: U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron VMM 268, nicknamed the “Red Dragons,” return from a six-month deployment to Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 19, 2017. The “Red Dragons” supported the Australian Defence Force (ADF) as the aviation combat element for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). Crossing over 5,300…