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James Bolinger

James Bolinger is a reporter at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.

He previously served at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., where he spent nearly seven years as the NCOIC of public affairs covering specialized undergraduate pilot training. He began his career as editor of the Airlifter newspaper at Dover Air Force Base, Del., then headed to the Defense Information School where he served as a journalism instructor from 2009 to 2011.

Email: bolinger.james@stripes.com

A trainee at Air Force basic military training signs into his new computer at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Dec. 11, 2019, as part of an initiative that provides instructors with immediate feedback about trainee performance.<br>Sarayuth Pinthong/U.S. Air Force
A trainee at Air Force basic military training signs into his new computer at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Dec. 11, 2019, as part of an initiative that provides instructors with immediate feedback about trainee performance.<br>Sarayuth Pinthong/U.S. Air Force

Air Force turns to tablet computers, online study guides to improve basic training

The Air Force is using tablet-style computers and web-based study guides during basic military training to reinforce classroom lessons and track trainees’ progress, officials said Monday.

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An Air Force C-130J Super Hercules out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, delivers bundles filled with critical supplies to the island of Woleai, Micronesia, during Operation Christmas Drop, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019.<br>Matthew Gilmore/U.S. Air Force
An Air Force C-130J Super Hercules out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, delivers bundles filled with critical supplies to the island of Woleai, Micronesia, during Operation Christmas Drop, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019.<br>Matthew Gilmore/U.S. Air Force

Four nations’ C-130s drop bundles of Christmas cheer to 55 Micronesian islands

Airmen from New Zealand joined with air forces from the U.S., Japan and Australia to deliver humanitarian aid to more than 20,000 people during Operation Christmas Drop.

An officer assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America speaks to sailors after arriving at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. <br>James Bolinger/Stars and Stripes
An officer assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America speaks to sailors after arriving at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. <br>James Bolinger/Stars and Stripes

Amphibious assault ship USS America drops anchor at its new homeport in Sasebo, Japan

The USS America, the Navy’s newest and most advanced flat-deck amphibious assault ship, arrived Friday at its new homeport in southwestern Japan.

Maj. Nick Harris, left, an instructor pilot with the 25th Flying Training Squadron at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., and Capt. Jessica Wallander, an instructor pilot with the 3rd Flying Training Squadron at Vance, were both outside the Air Force height requirements for pilots. They qualified through the anthropometric waiver process.<br>U.S. Air Force
Maj. Nick Harris, left, an instructor pilot with the 25th Flying Training Squadron at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., and Capt. Jessica Wallander, an instructor pilot with the 3rd Flying Training Squadron at Vance, were both outside the Air Force height requirements for pilots. They qualified through the anthropometric waiver process.<br>U.S. Air Force

Too short or too tall to fly? Air Force general tells aspiring pilots to think again

Maj. Gen. Craig Wills, commander since June of the 19th Air Force Air Education and Training Command, said he believes the 5-foot-4-inch minimum height requirement is an artificial barrier to service.

Staff Sgt. Zachary Rumke, an Arctic Survival School instructor, tests gear from an F-35A Lightning II survival kit in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 5, 2019.<br>Beaux Hebert/U.S. Air Force
Staff Sgt. Zachary Rumke, an Arctic Survival School instructor, tests gear from an F-35A Lightning II survival kit in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 5, 2019.<br>Beaux Hebert/U.S. Air Force

Arctic survival kit for Air Force F-35 pilots surprises developers during way-below-zero trial

A cold-weather survival kit under development at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, was designed to keep F-35A Lightning II pilots alive at 40 degrees below zero.

Veggie burgers and other plant-based meat substitutes are being offered at food courts on many Army, Air Force and Navy bases in the United States. <br>Pixabay
Veggie burgers and other plant-based meat substitutes are being offered at food courts on many Army, Air Force and Navy bases in the United States. <br>Pixabay

Impossible Whopper, other meatless fast-food options continue to elude overseas troops

Burger King’s popular Impossible Whopper, Qdoba’s meatless burritos and Dunkin’s meat-free breakfast sausage are being sold on many Army, Air Force and Navy bases in the United States.

Capt. Natasha Cardinal, a critical care nurse for the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, monitors a patient during a nonstop flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2019.<br>Ryan Mancuso/U.S. Air Force
Capt. Natasha Cardinal, a critical care nurse for the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, monitors a patient during a nonstop flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2019.<br>Ryan Mancuso/U.S. Air Force

‘We just move immediately’: Air Force trauma surgeons fly 16,000 miles to save soldier injured in Afghanistan

When an Afghanistan-based Special Forces soldier was critically injured in combat over the summer, medics with the 59th Medical Wing at Joint Base San Antonio jumped into action for a first-of-its-kind mission to bring him home alive.