• The heart of a mission

    Twice a day during NORTHERN EDGE 2017, maintainers work to ensure each pilot’s jet is prepped, properly fueled and ready to fly.Up in the air, members from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron out of Kadena Air Base, Japan, take over and ensure the training mission isn’t cut short due to a lack fuel

  • Preparing for all possibilities

    Members of the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management flight, the Air National Guard, and Army personnel participated in a joint training exercise May 5, 2017. Operation Merlin Wing tested readiness for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense and explosive ordnance disposal.

  • Strengthening relationships through joint-training

    After competing at the wing-level and being nominated all the way through to the Pacific Command, Master Sgt. Lallchan Seunarine was handpicked to attend the Singapore Enlisted Officer Training Course, which is their military’s version of the Noncommissioned Officer Academy. One United States Air

  • Fighting multiple fights: The life of a flight surgeon

    From fighting off sickness on the ground, to fighting an enemy in the air, a flight surgeon holds a set of skills crucial to any unit.When he isn’t seeing patients, Capt. Brett Lindstrom, a 335th Fighter Squadron flight surgeon assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, is gearing

  • 335th AMU: Maintaining a mission thousands of miles away for NE17

    Anyone who has packed for an extended trip may have experienced the challenges of identifying the necessities, and cutting out the “nice to haves.”Aside from clothes and personal belongings, imagine packing enough tools for more than 140 maintainers to successfully sustain more than 10 aircraft

  • Bump, set, spike!

    Airman 1st Class Heather Millisor never thought she would get the opportunity to do the same thing she fell in love with as a kid while in the Air Force, but she did. Every year, the Air Force chooses Airmen throughout units to try their hand at joining the Air Force volleyball team. This year,

  • Flying high during Northern Edge 2017

    EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle dual-role fighter aircraft assigned to the 335th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., takes off for a sortie from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, May 4, 2017 during NORTHERN EDGE 2017 (NE17). NE17 is Alaska’s

  • NE17 in full-swing

    EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – A U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, taxis on the Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska flight line during NORTHERN EDGE 2017 (NE17), May 3, 2017, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. NE17 is Alaska’s premier joint

  • Northern Edge 17 kicks off in interior Alaska

    Approximately 6,000 military members gathered together to take on the most challenging scenarios in the Pacific theater during Exercise Northern Edge 17, at the Gulf of Alaska and around central Alaska ranges from May 1-12, 2017. NE17, a biennial Pacific Command contingency exercise, prepares joint