25 May 2023 Austere medicine redefined: testing the ATC-EST's capabilities at Northern Edge 23-1 Northern Edge 23-1, a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command sponsored, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) led, multilateral, joint field training exercise, kicked off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on May 4, 2023. This exercise provided the opportunity to test the capabilities of the Air Transportable...
23 May 2023 U.S. Coast Guard, Partners Prepare for Arrival of Typhoon Mawar to Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands SANTA RITA, Guam -- U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, federal, territorial, and port partners continue Monday, May 22, 2023, to prepare for Typhoon Mawar, expected to arrive Tuesday.Typhoon Mawar strengthened and is intensifying as it heads northwest. It is advisable to take advantage...
23 May 2023 Pacific Air Forces Airmen test Next Generation Aircrew Protection Equipment HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- If you’ve spent time in the Indo-Pacific region, you’ve heard the term “Fight Tonight,” probably more than once, and for good reason. Pacific Air Forces Airmen are on the forefront of operations in ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific and in doing so, it comes with...
22 May 2023 Alert Contingency MAGTF (ACM): ‘Our Most Ready Force’ CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa, Japan -- It is 3:00am on a Sunday morning. III Marine Expeditionary Force receives indications and warnings that a crisis is brewing. The order is given without hesitation, and the Marines and Sailors of the Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force (ACM) are geared up...
22 May 2023 USARPAC Commander: 'The Time is Now' for Greater Collaboration, Integration in the Pacific HONOLULU, Hawaii -- While calling on partner nations in the Indo-Pacific region to bolster land power together, U.S. Army Pacific Command’s top leader announced the standup of a joint logistics command that will participate at Australia’s Exercise Talisman Saber in July.The command, led by 8th...
19 May 2023 Southern Beach Exercise Continues to Fortify USAF, JASDF Alliance KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Kadena Air Base partnered with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, the 336th Fighter Squadron from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., and 391st FS, Mountain Home, Idaho, to complete Exercise Southern Beach May 16-18, 2023“Exercise Southern Beach is all about working with...
18 May 2023 US Space Force Sends two Space Domain Awareness Sensors to Japan JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Forces Japan and U.S. Space Forces (USSF) Indo-Pacific continue to make significant strides in Japan since activating the new service component in November 2022. This week, the USSF announced the delivery the second of two Space Domain Awareness (SDA)...
17 May 2023 Texas Air National Guard Trains in Hawaii HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Members of the 147th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS) sharpened their ability to operate in jungle-like terrain during a 10-day exercise in Hawaii.The overall objective of the training was to prepare the 147th Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Specialists and Joint Terminal...
16 May 2023 Readiness Challenge IX and the Spirit of Interoperability TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida -- The success of tomorrow’s complex, multi-domain environment depends on preparing Airmen today to operate in all climates and adapt readiness to continuously evolving threats.Air Force Civil Engineers competed in Readiness Challenge IX April 24-28, involving a range...
03 May 2023 Maintainer Camaraderie Leads to Strategic Deterrence in the Indo Pacific ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- 96th Bomb Squadron aircraft maintainers have been supporting the Bomber Task Force mission out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to ensure a combat ready force is prepared to respond to any threat in the Indo-Pacific.“The B-52 bomber's presence in the Pacific is...