The PACAF Demo Team
Article and Photos By Renee Ekman

Misawa Air Base, Japan, is home to the Pacific Air Forces F-16 Demo Team, one of three single-ship F-16 demonstration teams in the US Air Force. The team kicked off its 2003 season at the Australian International Air Show at Avalon Airport in Geelong, Victoria, in February. The show coincided with the US military buildup for Operation Iraqi Freedom, but that did not deter the scheduled performances.

UAE Air Force/F-16 Block 60
By Eric Hehs
Photos By: Katsuhiko Tokunaga, David Drais, Eric Hehs, Nick Alvarado And The UAE Air Force

The UAE sits on the southern coast of the Arabian Gulf between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman. A relatively new country, the UAE was formed on 2 December 1971 when the United Kingdom withdrew from the Middle East.

F-16s Over The Aegean
Photo Essay By Katsuhiko Tokunaga
Text By Eric Hehs

Keraunos, Greek for lightning, refers to the thunderbolts flung by Zeus, the supreme ruler of mount olympus and overseer of the pantheon of gods who reside there. The Hellenic Air Force attaches the appellation to its 330 squadron at Nea Anchialos AB.