Video of the U.S. Air Force UH-1N Huey and the Airmen assigned to the 459th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sep 5 2025. The UH-1N Huey has maintained a presence at Yokota for 45 years, providing aeromedical evacuation, search and rescue and priority airlift missions throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force Video by Staff Sgt. Manuel Zamora)
Inside the 613th Air Operations Center at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, where screens flicker with flight paths across the Pacific, and every decision shapes operations thousands of miles away, Royal Australian Air Force Wing Commander Ashley Hill works side by side with U.S. counterparts to ensure operational readiness across the Indo-Pacific.
Hill’s assignment as an exchange officer to the AOC at JBPHH is part of a longstanding...
