This website was created and maintained from May 2020 to May 2021 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Stars and Stripes operations in the Pacific.
It will no longer be updated, but we encourage you to explore the site and view content we felt best illustrated Stars and Stripes' continued support of the Pacific theater since 1945.
Japan
Sonobuoys, 1977
Acoustic monitoring devices called sonobuoys are loaded into the belly of a submarine-tracking P3C Orion aircraft from Patrol Squadron 40 prior to a patrol over the Pacific Ocean.
Patrol Squadron 40, 1977
Airman Mark Fletcher conducts a preflight check on a P3C Orion submarine-hunting aircraft before a training mission by a Patrol Squadron 40 crew.
It's more than just flying for submarine patrol crews
Yesterday, airborne submarine hunters flew low over blue-green battlefields searching for the tiny, telltale wake of periscopes.
Cleaning day, 1974
Crew chief Sgt. Bob Caton concentrates on scrubbing the blade of a Huey helicopter during its monthly cleaning.
Break time, 1974
Seaman Bob Polo perches on the huge anchor of the USS Jason as he takes a smoke break after finishing his job of scraping away old paint.
Soap box racer, 1976
Ten-year-old James Peppler tries out his soap box racer with a little help from friends Al Couvillou, Michael Clement and (clutching an apple as he runs) Andy Barlow.
Firefighter training at Yokota, 1975
A member of the 475th Civil Engineering Squadron's fire protection rescue team rappels down the side of a housing unit at Yokota Air Base.
