Multiple B-52 Stratofortresses flew over the Korean Peninsula on June 30, escorted by U.S. and South Korean fighters as part of a “combined aerial training event,” both countries’ militaries announced. The nuclear-capable bombers flew alongside U.S. Air Force F-16s and F-15Es and Republic of Korea Air ...
Four B-52 Stratofortresses and more than 200 Airmen arrived at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, this week to kick off another Bomber Task Force deployment in the Indo-Pacific. The B-52s, from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., arrived June 12 and June ...
The Air Force is poised to get a new commander in the Indo-Pacific, as the Pentagon announced April 24 that President Joe Biden has nominated Lt. Gen. Kevin B. Schneider to lead Pacific Air Forces. Schneider currently serves as director of staff at Headquarters Air Force. ...
The U.S. and South Korea began another round of air drills April 17, just a few days after U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula, as the two countries follow through on their pledge to conduct more joint air exercises. 
F-35 Lightning II fighters arrived on Okinawa in March as the Air Force continues to swap out its permanently deployed F-15 Eagles at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Air Force officials declined to provide the exact number of F-35s at Kadena or say when more F-15s ...
Give Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach, commander of Pacific Air Forces, one extra dollar, and he would spend it bolstering the U.S.’s air superiority in the region, he said March 20. And within that endeavor, there are plenty of efforts to pursue, Wilsbach said during an Aerospace ...
The sight of the Air Force’s premier air-to-air fighter flying from the bare-bones base on Tinian earlier this month is a good reminder, the head of Pacific Air Forces said March 8—no part of the service is exempt from the Agile Combat Employment concept. The deployment ...