Stars and Stripes

Air Force’s new deployable task force wraps up its first Indo-Pacific mission

A new type of Air Force expeditionary unit designed to deploy in a crisis recently tested how to fight and survive across ...
Yahoo

Air Force eyes longer range for F-47 as combat edge in Pacific theater

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin told lawmakers Tuesday the service will be able to upgrade the sixth-generation F-47 with new technology quicker and easier than the F-35. (U.S. Air Force) ...
Stars and Stripes

Air Force’s new Jolly Green helicopter makes first Indo-Pacific flight from Okinawa

A new Air Force combat rescue helicopter, dubbed the Jolly Green II in homage to its Vietnam War-era predecessors, made its first Indo-Pacific flight this week, according to Pacific Air Forces. The HH ...
The Aviationist

Focus on Pacific Theater and Agile Combat Employment: Exclusive Interviews with F-35 Pilots of Northern Lightning 2024

The exercise director for Northern Lightning 2024 states this year’s exercise builds on last year’ success, providing exceptional training against DOD’s pacing threat: China. The annual two week long ...
Kotaku

Air Combat Pilot: WW2 Pacific

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Air Combat Pilot: WW2 Pacific Air Combat Pilot: WW2 Pacific is a free-to-play action-oriented flight sim set in the Pacific theater of WW2. It uniquely ...
AFCEA

Air Power in the Indo-Pacific Looks To Go Full Throttle

Twenty-two months of planning came to fruition for the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) during this summer’s groundbreaking REFORPAC, or Exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025. The exercise harnessed 400 ...
History-Computer on MSN

Air superiority: A look at 15 iconic military aircraft that changed aerial combat

Fighter aircraft have always been the cutting edge of air combat. Whether ripping through the skies of Europe in World […] ...
usace.army.mil

JPMRC 25-01: 25th Combat Aviation Brigade in Action

The Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) 25-01 exercise brought together key units from the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), putting their skills and readiness to the test. The ...
Air Force Times

Can four big commands prepare the Air Force to win wars?

Vermont Air National Guard Capt. Justin Fischer prepares to fly an F-35A Lightning II at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., May 16, 2024. (Staff Sgt. Jana Somero/Air National Guard) The Air Force is ...
Air Force Times

Here’s how the Air Force’s new task forces will reshape deployments

U.S. Air Force pilots assigned to the 14th Airlift Squadron conduct a simulated operation near Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. during Bamboo Eagle 24-1, Jan. 30, 2024. (Senior Airman Mitchell Corley/Air ...
Defense News

Senate confirms Wilsbach as Air Force chief of staff

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, former head of Air Combat Command and Pacific Air Forces, as the Air Force's next chief of staff. (Tech. Sgt. Nick Wilson/U.S. Air Force) The ...