28 August 2014 Airmen and Soldiers Call Close Air Support in Red Flag 14-3 A microphone clicked beneath a camouflage helmet. The rumble of an idling M1126 Stryker Combat Vehicle and the distant thud of 120-mm mortar rounds filled the radio channels, punctuating days and hours of terse back-and-forth radio conversation: air-to-ground, ground-to-air, ground units to ground...
28 August 2014 Rodney M. Davis and U.S. Coast Guard Integrate to Improve Maritime Security in Oceana The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Rodney M. Davis visited Guam 18-19 Aug. after finishing a two-week Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) Patrol. OMSI is a maritime security operation designed to enhance maritime domain awareness, increase law enforcement presence, and expand at-sea...
28 August 2014 Experts Exchange Ideas to Vector Aviation Safety Cooperation in Asia Pacific Region Military aviation is an inherently dangerous undertaking -- in every aspect, there's a chance something can go wrong, be broken, or worse, someone can get hurt. The U.S. Air Force dedicates entire career tracks to researching, measuring, evaluating and, most importantly, preventing safety mishaps...
28 August 2014 Foreign Press Center Briefing on Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Senior Officials Meeting TOPIC: READOUT OF THE APEC SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETINGMR. WANG: Thank you, and thanks for the moon cake. Just kidding. Anyway, I just came back, as you know, from SOM3 in Beijing where we spent a total of actually almost two weeks, including a lot of sort of working group level meetings. And then – so...
27 August 2014 U.S. Pacific Command: Navy Tech, Legacy Fleet Must 'Bend' to Meet Future Threats Scientific innovators will need to “bend” elements of the Navy’s current technology to meet the force’s future needs, the commander of U.S. Pacific Command told a group of international scientists and defense engineers meeting Tuesday in Honolulu.“You don’t have the industrial base to build a whole...
27 August 2014 B-2 Spirits Depart Andersen AFB Following Routine Deployment Three U.S. B-2 Spirits redeployed to the continental United States following a deployment here as part of U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region. The bombers, and approximately 200 support Airmen, assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base,...
27 August 2014 JBPHH Partners with Local Community for Disaster Preparedness Exercise The 15th Wing recently partnered with the 154th Wing, Joint Base and first responders from the local community to conduct a major accident response exercise in preparation for the upcoming airshow.The MARE was a fully functional exercise event which brought the total force together to provide a...
27 August 2014 Science and Technology Conference strengthen interoperability U.S. Pacific Command co-hosted the Pacific Operational Science and Technology (S&T) Conference and Expo in Honolulu August 26, bringing together Asia-Pacific’s foremost experts in science, technology and security. “This conference has proven to be a great venue to understand operational issues and...
26 August 2014 Fifth Annual Disaster Relief Exercise Closes in Bangladesh The fifth annual Pacific Resilience Disaster Relief Exercise and Exchange (PR DREE) drew to an end during a closing ceremony at the Lakeshore Hotel in Dhaka Thursday. His Excellency Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury, Minister of Disaster Management and Relief, officially closed PR DREE 2014 following...
26 August 2014 PACAF Supports Commando Sling 14-3 in Australia U.S. Air Force, Republic of Singapore Air Force and Royal Australia Air Force Airmen will train together in Exercise Commando Sling 14-3, scheduled for Aug. 25 through Sep. 12 at RAAF Base Darwin, RAAF Base Tindal, and Delamere Range in Northern Territory, Australia. The exercise enables U.S. Air...
28 August 2014 Airmen and Soldiers Call Close Air Support in Red Flag 14-3 A microphone clicked beneath a camouflage helmet. The rumble of an idling M1126 Stryker Combat Vehicle and the distant thud of 120-mm mortar rounds filled the radio channels, punctuating days and hours of terse back-and-forth radio conversation: air-to-ground, ground-to-air, ground units to ground...
28 August 2014 Rodney M. Davis and U.S. Coast Guard Integrate to Improve Maritime Security in Oceana The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Rodney M. Davis visited Guam 18-19 Aug. after finishing a two-week Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) Patrol. OMSI is a maritime security operation designed to enhance maritime domain awareness, increase law enforcement presence, and expand at-sea...
28 August 2014 Experts Exchange Ideas to Vector Aviation Safety Cooperation in Asia Pacific Region Military aviation is an inherently dangerous undertaking -- in every aspect, there's a chance something can go wrong, be broken, or worse, someone can get hurt. The U.S. Air Force dedicates entire career tracks to researching, measuring, evaluating and, most importantly, preventing safety mishaps...
28 August 2014 Foreign Press Center Briefing on Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Senior Officials Meeting TOPIC: READOUT OF THE APEC SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETINGMR. WANG: Thank you, and thanks for the moon cake. Just kidding. Anyway, I just came back, as you know, from SOM3 in Beijing where we spent a total of actually almost two weeks, including a lot of sort of working group level meetings. And then – so...
27 August 2014 U.S. Pacific Command: Navy Tech, Legacy Fleet Must 'Bend' to Meet Future Threats Scientific innovators will need to “bend” elements of the Navy’s current technology to meet the force’s future needs, the commander of U.S. Pacific Command told a group of international scientists and defense engineers meeting Tuesday in Honolulu.“You don’t have the industrial base to build a whole...
27 August 2014 B-2 Spirits Depart Andersen AFB Following Routine Deployment Three U.S. B-2 Spirits redeployed to the continental United States following a deployment here as part of U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region. The bombers, and approximately 200 support Airmen, assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base,...
27 August 2014 JBPHH Partners with Local Community for Disaster Preparedness Exercise The 15th Wing recently partnered with the 154th Wing, Joint Base and first responders from the local community to conduct a major accident response exercise in preparation for the upcoming airshow.The MARE was a fully functional exercise event which brought the total force together to provide a...
27 August 2014 Science and Technology Conference strengthen interoperability U.S. Pacific Command co-hosted the Pacific Operational Science and Technology (S&T) Conference and Expo in Honolulu August 26, bringing together Asia-Pacific’s foremost experts in science, technology and security. “This conference has proven to be a great venue to understand operational issues and...
26 August 2014 Fifth Annual Disaster Relief Exercise Closes in Bangladesh The fifth annual Pacific Resilience Disaster Relief Exercise and Exchange (PR DREE) drew to an end during a closing ceremony at the Lakeshore Hotel in Dhaka Thursday. His Excellency Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury, Minister of Disaster Management and Relief, officially closed PR DREE 2014 following...
26 August 2014 PACAF Supports Commando Sling 14-3 in Australia U.S. Air Force, Republic of Singapore Air Force and Royal Australia Air Force Airmen will train together in Exercise Commando Sling 14-3, scheduled for Aug. 25 through Sep. 12 at RAAF Base Darwin, RAAF Base Tindal, and Delamere Range in Northern Territory, Australia. The exercise enables U.S. Air...