Candy Bomber Live Event Graphic. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by James Masie) MAY 23, 2022 - Kicking off a two-day celebration honoring the life and legacy of Col. Gail Halvorsen, the “Candy Bomber,” the Air Mobility Command commander joined friends, family and guests in Provo, May 20, to dedicate a Joint Base Charleston-based C-17 Globemaster III as the “Spirit of the Candy … [Read more...]

MAY 19, 2022 - The 354th Fighter Wing celebrated the arrival of its final F-35A Lightning II aircraft and the subsequent completion of its fleet with a ceremony, May 13. Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, and retired Gen. Gary North, Lockheed Martin vice president of customer requirements, attended along with several other military and local community leaders … [Read more...]

MAY 19, 2022 - The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has fast-tracked many changes to the Military Health System and forced all providers - especially nurses - to innovate at near-quantum speed with agility and flexibility. Nurses are the backbone of daily healthcare operations. In the future, nurses will continue to play a vital role in the evolution of modern … [Read more...]

U.S. Sailors assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83 remove an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile from an F/A-18E Super Hornet at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, May 10, 2022. The VFA-83 participated in the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group’s Weapons System Evaluation Program-East 22.08. WSEPs are formal, two-week evaluation exercises designed to test a squadron’s capabilities to … [Read more...]

Sixteen U.S. Air Force F-16CM Fighting Falcons, 12 Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, two JASDF E-2C Hawkeyes, one JASDF CH-47 Chinook, one U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler, one USN C-12 Huron, and one USN P-8 Poseidon perform a wing capabilites demonstration to culminate a week-long readiness exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 13, 2022. The … [Read more...]