29 June 2022 PACAF Empowers Squadron Command Teams to Lead, Accelerate Change HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- As Headquarters Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) routinely integrates joint force air, space and cyberspace capabilities to safeguard a free and open Indo-Pacific, the command also equips command leaders at all echelons to make timely decisions at the speed of relevance...
27 June 2022 Versatile Integrating Partner Equipment Refueling Kits Expand ACE Capabilities for Keystone of the Pacific KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron are making history refueling aircraft both big and small using the Versatile Integrating Partner Equipment Refueling (VIPER) kit for the first time at Kadena Air Base, Japan.The team employed the new equipment, procured...
16 June 2022 Moody Airborne Extensible Relay Over-Horizon Network Enhances Partner Nations’ Airpower MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFNS) -- Gaining air superiority requires cutting-edge technologies. Since January, a team from the 81st Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Force Base has been working with four partner nations to integrate combat data networks into each country’s uniquely developed...
15 June 2022 Military Medicine Is Preparing for the Next Conflict WASHINGTON -- During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, military medical teams were well positioned on the battlefield to support the "golden hour" response — the ability to get wounded warfighters off the battlefield and delivered to the care of a full-scale military hospital within about an...
09 June 2022 Operation Sahayogi Haat Seven-Year Anniversary Honored in Nepal Nepal -- The U.S. Embassy Kathmandu, Nepal, held a memorial event on May 12 honoring those lost seven years ago during Operation Sahayogi Haat, the U.S. response to the April 25, 2015, 7.8-magnitude earthquake which struck Nepal.Attending the event were the U.S. Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry, the...
08 June 2022 Washington National Guard, Malaysia Conduct Joint Exercise KUANTAN, Malaysia -- The eighth annual Bersama Warrior exercise began June 6 with a ceremony presided over by First Admiral Baharudin bin Wan Md Nor, Malaysian Armed Forces Joint Force Headquarters deputy assistant chief of staff for the J3, and Brig. Gen. Bryan Grenon, commander of the Land...
06 June 2022 Republic of Korea, U.S. Navies Conclude Carrier Strike Group Exercise PHILIPPINE SEA -- The U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) concluded Carrier Strike Group Exercise 2022 in the Philippine Sea, June 4.The combined forces of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 and Maritime Task Flotilla (MTF) 7 operated together during this bilateral exercise aimed at strengthening...
06 June 2022 USS Spruance Commemorates Namesake's Role in Battle of Midway's 80th Anniversary PHILIPPINE SEA -- Aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), the Battle of Midway carries special meaning for the 353 “Quiet Warriors” who are forward-deployed with, and sail alongside, the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group.The ship’s namesake, Adm. Raymond A...
03 June 2022 Eielson Exercises Readiness, Capability 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...