Okinawans elected their first governor in 12 years to support the controversial relocation of a Marine Corps airfield.
World War II aircraft artifacts and munitions uncovered at Yokota Air Base reveal the site’s history as a Japanese military airfield.
Military leaders from the U.S. and Poland marked the completion of the DABS-FEV to transform austere airfields into functioning forward operating bases.
Crews discovered the sinkhole using ground-penetrating radar during a daily morning inspection of the airfield, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
While home-station personnel at Dyess Air Force Base battled severe winter snowstorms to keep their airfield open, Airmen deployed 2,300 miles away were breaking ground in the tropical heat of the Caribbean. Despite the extreme contrast in climates, these teams operated with a singular focus: projecting combat airpower in support of Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR.