The Air Force put Misawa Air Base’s new F-35A Lightning IIs through their paces alongside the F-16s they are replacing, giving hundreds of troops and family members a closeup look at the fighter wing’s changing combat operations.


The Air Force put Misawa Air Base’s new F-35A Lightning IIs through their paces alongside the F-16s they are replacing, giving hundreds of troops and family members a closeup look at the fighter wing’s changing combat operations.

A service member described how American forces raced to recover two downed Air Force officers in one of the largest combat rescue operations in U.S. military history.

Former Stars and Stripes publisher Max D. Lederer Jr. said the Pentagon used accusations of insubordination to justify firing three of the newspaper’s staffers when the real reason, he believes, was reporting that angered military leaders.

Okinawans elected their first governor in 12 years to support the controversial relocation of a Marine Corps airfield, handing former Naha Vice Mayor Genta Koja a landslide victory over Gov. Denny Tamaki.

North Korea said multiple ballistic missiles it fired were part of a coordinated attack drill involving drones and other weapons aimed at improving its ability to launch counterattacks.
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