The 5th Air Force, headquartered at Yokota AB, Japan, wants more noncommissioned officer participation in the USAF-Japanese Air Self Defense Force exchange program, reports Stars and Stripes. The Pacific Air Forces NAF is working with US Forces Japan and JASDF to set up more opportunities that let USAF airmen work and live with JASDF counterparts. “It’s a great program to mutually assure our security in the region,” CMSgt. Thomas Missel told S&S.
Air Force Conducts Test Launch of Minuteman III ICBM
May 21, 2025
The Air Force tested an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif,. at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time May. 21. The successful test saw the missile equipped with a single reentry vehicle travel more than 4,200 miles to strike a test site near Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall…