02/25/2014: In an interview conducted at Hickam AFB in Hawaii with Col. Mickey Addison, Director of Installations and Mission Support or the PACAF command engineer (A7), the Colonel discusses the places versus places approach to logistics for PACAF. He emphasized the important role of exercises in shaping ways to support…
02/25/2014: The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, homeported in Seattle, made a scheduled port call in Honolulu, as it transits to conduct missions in the Antarctic. The Polar Star departed Seattle Dec. 3 for Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze for the first time since 2006 with the vital…
02/23/2014: Final F-22 Sorties at Holloman AFB by Senior Airman Colin Cates 49th Wing Public Affairs 1/10/2014 - HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M Off they go into the wild blue yonder, climbing high into the sun, the first five F-22 Raptors left Holloman for Tyndall Air Force Base Fla., Jan. 6, as…
02/23/2014: U.S. Marines and Navy Corpsmen with 2nd Marine Aircraft (Forward) conduct a casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) rehearsal from Helmand Province, Afghanistan on March 31, 2013. The rehearsal was executed in order to train and prepare Marines and Sailors for a real CASEVAC scenario. The Osprey provides significant advantages versus helos for…
02/22/2014: U.S. Marines from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (1/5), 1st Marine Division (MARDIV) from Camp Pendleton, Calif. conduct an air field seizure aboard seven CH-46 Sea Knight transport helicopters. They do this with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 364 and Marine Medium Helicopter Training Squadron (HMMT) 164,…
02/20/2014: U.S. Marines from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (1/5), 1st Marine Division (MARDIV) from Camp Pendleton, Calif. conduct an air field seizure aboard seven CH-46 Sea Knight transport helicopters. They do this with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 364 and Marine Medium Helicopter Training Squadron (HMMT) 164,…
02/20/2014: Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force train with Royal Thai sailors and airmen in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense tactics. Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014 on Feb. 16.…
2014-02-14 Red Flag gives aircrews and air support operations service members from various airframes, military services and allied countries an opportunity to integrate and practice combat operations. More than 440,000 service members participated in RED FLAG since 1975, including more than 145,000 aircrew members flying more than 385,000 sorties and…
