ASAN, Guam -- The United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group (CSG), led by aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), pulled into Apra Harbor in the midst of the CSG21 deployment to the Indo-Pacific region, Aug. 6.The deployment is the U.K.’s first by a carrier strike group in the Indo-Pacific for almost...

WASHINGTON -- Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr. met with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at the Pentagon to discuss ways to strengthen the ties between the two nations to provide for a secure and free Indo-Pacific.The Republic of Palau is 340-plus islands strategically placed in the...

CORAL SEA -- USS America Expeditionary Strike Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), will conduct operations alongside Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Canberra (L 02) and HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155), and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's JS Makinami (DD 115), Aug. 5-8, in support of...

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Vietnam -- The United States is revitalizing our multilateral partnerships to advance our shared prosperity, security, and values in the Indo-Pacific.This week, I was honored to represent the United States at the annual U.S.-ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. The United...

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii -- Education, collaboration, and connection brought together seven innovation units from around the Pacific for the first-ever PACAF Innovation Conference with the aim of driving the Air Force into the future.Innovation units, or Spark Cells, provide Airmen the...

U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- COVID-19 has shown us that no nation can act alone in the face of this global crisis. As the pandemic continues and new variants emerge, it is critical that the international community works together to vaccinate as many people as possible, as quickly as possible.COVAX,...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --RED FLAG-Alaska 21-3 (RF-A 21-3), a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment, with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, is scheduled to run from August...

SAN DIEGO - Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) and dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) will participate in the Pacific portion of the U.S. Navy’s Large Scale Exercise 2021.Yukon and Chambers will provide logistics services...

TOWNSVILLE, QLD, AUSTRALIA -- The edge of the B-52H Stratofortress's wing flexes upward toward the horizon as the behemoth banks westward over the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean.The B-52, which has been the foundation of the U.S. Air Force Global Strike bomber triad for more than 60 years,...

WASHINGTON -- There's a variety of concerns that keep Indo-Pacom on its toes — many centered around the activities of China, which quite often don't match up with the words that come out of Beijing, its commander said."We certainly view with concern many of the actions that we've seen from Beijing,"...