Today the US Armed Forces and the Japan Self Defense Forces conducted a Bilateral Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise to demonstrate the readiness of the US-Japan Alliance to respond to regional threats.This exercise further strengthens the bilateral deterrence and response capability that is based...

We are aware of the DPRK’s multiple ballistic missile launches and are consulting closely with our allies and partners. While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies, these missile launches highlight the destabilizing impact...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Members of the 354th Fighter Wing (FW) participated in a capabilities demonstration during a routine readiness exercise at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, May 20, 2022.The demonstration is part of the base’s training operations exercising the 354th FW ability to...

PENSACOLA, Florida -- As May rolled into June in 1942, Japan’s naval forces stretched across the Pacific. They had seized Malaysia, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, and the northern coast of Papua/New Guinea.Intelligence provided by U.S. Navy cryptologists had allowed the U.S. to...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- U.S. Embassy in the Philippines Chargé d’Affaires (CDA) ad interim Heather Variava visited Zamboanga City, May 31, to deliver COVID-19 assistance and reaffirm the U.S. government’s commitment to broader security and sustainable peace in Mindanao.At...

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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Red Flag-Alaska 22-2, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise, is scheduled to run from 9 June to 24 June with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex. Red Flag-Alaska is designed to provide realistic training essential to the...

SEOUL, U.S. Embassy & Consulate in the Republic of Korea -- U.S. Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Ambassador Sung Kim will travel to Seoul June 2-4. Special Representative Sung Kim and Japanese Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Funakoshi...

BARRIGADA, Guam – Mientras mas megai libidtaña, mas megai babaña. This Chamorro proverb (translation: “the more liberty, the more license") speaks to the indigenous peoples of the Mariana Islands chain that includes Guam and serves as a watchword for the National Guard Soldiers and Airmen charged to...

The 805th Combat Training Squadron’s Shadow Operations Center – Nellis, or ShOC-N, is the U.S. Air Force’s premier battle lab supporting the development, advancement, and maturation of key technologies and capabilities designed to compress the kill-chain for joint and coalition warfighters...