02 August 2018 Rim of the Pacific Exercise Features Last Flight for RQ-7B Shadow MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii -- After years of service to the armed services, the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial system was retired after its final flight during the culmination event for the Rim of the Pacific exercise at Pyramid Rock Beach here July 29.Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 3 was the...
02 August 2018 General Brooks Remarks, United Nations Command Repatriation Ceremony OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- GOOD EVENING. I AM GENERAL VINCENT K. BROOKS, THE COMMANDER OF UNITED NATIONS COMMAND.I WELCOME THE MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS WHO HAVE JOINED THE COMMAND IN PROPERLY HONORING THE REMAINS OF FALLEN WARRIORS FROM THE KOREAN WAR AS WE SEND THEM AWAY FROM THIS ANCIENT...
02 August 2018 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Conducts Underwater Mine Countermeasures during RIMPAC 2018 SAN DIEGO, California -- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) personnel are conducting underwater mine countermeasure (MCM) operations with a mobile diving center, staged at Naval Base Point Loma, in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2018 in the southern California (SOCAL) area of...
01 August 2018 Red Flag-Alaska 18-3 Takes Off Early August JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Red Flag-Alaska (RF-A) 18-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment is scheduled to begin Aug. 9 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex scheduled...
01 August 2018 Vibrant Ceremony Marks Opening of Garuda Shield 2018 PUSLATPUR, Indonesia -- With well-rehearsed precision, Indiana Army National Guard Soldiers from the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team held a joint ceremony here July 30 with their Indonesian counterparts from the Tentara Nasional Indonesia Army to mark the opening of the twelfth iteration of Garuda...
01 August 2018 Agency Begins Process of Identifying Korean War Remains WASHINGTON -- All Americans welcome the return of remains from the Korean War.The July 27 honorable carry ceremony at Osan Air Base, South Korea, transferred 55 boxes of remains covered by the United Nations flag. Now the work of identification begins.These remains are presumed to be American, but...
01 August 2018 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Crew Chiefs Maintain More than Aircraft JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Currently, the U.S. Air Force fields more than 35 types of aircraft, with an equally exceptional number of dedicated and precision-based crew chiefs to maintain them.Focused on the need for high standards, the 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS)...
01 August 2018 USS Carl Vinson Rescues Mariners off Hawaiian Coast PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) rescued five mariners in distress July 27 near Hawaii's westernmost inhabited island.The mariners issued a distress call after their 36-foot vessel ran aground in shallow water near the island of Niihau.Two MH-60S Sea Hawk...
31 July 2018 Coast Guard, Royal Australian Navy Assist Sailing Crew in Distress Off Oahu HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard and Royal Australian navy responded to a distress call from the crew of a demasted sailing vessel off Makapu’u Point, Saturday.A Coast Guard Station Honolulu 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew is currently towing the vessel to Kaneohe Bay.There are four boaters...
31 July 2018 U.S. Air Force Kicks Off Participation in Exercise Pitch Black 2018 KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- U.S. Airmen from the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, began their participation in Exercise Pitch Black 2018 in Darwin, Australia, yesterday.The exercise is hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force biennially to enhance flight operations...
02 August 2018 Rim of the Pacific Exercise Features Last Flight for RQ-7B Shadow MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii -- After years of service to the armed services, the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial system was retired after its final flight during the culmination event for the Rim of the Pacific exercise at Pyramid Rock Beach here July 29.Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 3 was the...
02 August 2018 General Brooks Remarks, United Nations Command Repatriation Ceremony OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- GOOD EVENING. I AM GENERAL VINCENT K. BROOKS, THE COMMANDER OF UNITED NATIONS COMMAND.I WELCOME THE MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS WHO HAVE JOINED THE COMMAND IN PROPERLY HONORING THE REMAINS OF FALLEN WARRIORS FROM THE KOREAN WAR AS WE SEND THEM AWAY FROM THIS ANCIENT...
02 August 2018 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Conducts Underwater Mine Countermeasures during RIMPAC 2018 SAN DIEGO, California -- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) personnel are conducting underwater mine countermeasure (MCM) operations with a mobile diving center, staged at Naval Base Point Loma, in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2018 in the southern California (SOCAL) area of...
01 August 2018 Red Flag-Alaska 18-3 Takes Off Early August JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Red Flag-Alaska (RF-A) 18-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment is scheduled to begin Aug. 9 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex scheduled...
01 August 2018 Vibrant Ceremony Marks Opening of Garuda Shield 2018 PUSLATPUR, Indonesia -- With well-rehearsed precision, Indiana Army National Guard Soldiers from the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team held a joint ceremony here July 30 with their Indonesian counterparts from the Tentara Nasional Indonesia Army to mark the opening of the twelfth iteration of Garuda...
01 August 2018 Agency Begins Process of Identifying Korean War Remains WASHINGTON -- All Americans welcome the return of remains from the Korean War.The July 27 honorable carry ceremony at Osan Air Base, South Korea, transferred 55 boxes of remains covered by the United Nations flag. Now the work of identification begins.These remains are presumed to be American, but...
01 August 2018 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Crew Chiefs Maintain More than Aircraft JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Currently, the U.S. Air Force fields more than 35 types of aircraft, with an equally exceptional number of dedicated and precision-based crew chiefs to maintain them.Focused on the need for high standards, the 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS)...
01 August 2018 USS Carl Vinson Rescues Mariners off Hawaiian Coast PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) rescued five mariners in distress July 27 near Hawaii's westernmost inhabited island.The mariners issued a distress call after their 36-foot vessel ran aground in shallow water near the island of Niihau.Two MH-60S Sea Hawk...
31 July 2018 Coast Guard, Royal Australian Navy Assist Sailing Crew in Distress Off Oahu HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard and Royal Australian navy responded to a distress call from the crew of a demasted sailing vessel off Makapu’u Point, Saturday.A Coast Guard Station Honolulu 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew is currently towing the vessel to Kaneohe Bay.There are four boaters...
31 July 2018 U.S. Air Force Kicks Off Participation in Exercise Pitch Black 2018 KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- U.S. Airmen from the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, began their participation in Exercise Pitch Black 2018 in Darwin, Australia, yesterday.The exercise is hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force biennially to enhance flight operations...