More than 120 high-level Air Force officials are planning Pacific Air Forces way forward as ongoing challenges face the command’s area of operations. The inaugural PACAF Warfighter Symposium began May 23 and will wrap up Friday at JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The attendees are comprised of representatives from all components, and will recommend how the Air Force can implement new strategies and operational concepts, according to a PACAF release. The recommendations will focus on how to work more closely with allies across in the Indo-Asia-Pacific.
A-10 Thunderbolt II attack planes in the Middle East are flying with fresh modifications as the Air Force looks to make the plane more versatile amid America’s ongoing blockade of Iranian ports and a tenuous ceasefire in the U.S. air war against Iran.