Latest "pacific-air-forces" stories

Wilsbach named as next Air Combat Command chief

Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach is a career fighter pilot who has spent most of the past four decades in the Pacific.

By Rachel S. Cohen

5 weeks ago

Air Force staff director tapped to run service’s Indo-Pacific branch

Around 46,000 troops and civilian staff are spread across Air Force bases from Alaska to Guam.

By Rachel S. Cohen

6 weeks ago

A-10 Warthogs to brush up on maritime combat in Pacific deployment

The Air Force is reimagining the role of the A-10C attack plane, a counterterrorism mainstay, for a new kind of fight.

By Rachel S. Cohen

7 months ago

How the military helps keep research operations in Antarctica going

The U.S. military mission that supports scientists and military personnel in Antarctica — Operation Deep Freeze — is well underway for the season.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

8 months ago

B-1B bombers return to Diego Garcia island base after 15 years

Lancers showed up after China began holding military air drills near Taiwan and launched a joint naval exercise with Russia in the Sea of Japan.

By Rachel S. Cohen

20 months ago

All aircraft are on the table for new deployments to Australia, says Pacific air boss

Growing U.S.-Australian military cooperation is poised to have ripple effects on aviation as well.

By Rachel S. Cohen

21 months ago

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