JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Four KC-135 Stratotankers and more than two hundred active duty U.S. Air Force personnel will join the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Wing, Guardians of the Last Frontier, to provide aerial refueling capability for the United States Air Force in the...

VIENTIANE, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- Lao PDR today received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine doses through the COVAX facility, a partnership between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO).The shipment...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Total Force Initiative (TFI) Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam executed ground refueling between two separate and contrasting airframes, Feb. 25.Airmen from the active-duty 15th Maintenance Group (MXG) and Hawaii Air National Guard 154th MXG...

U.S. Embassy and Consulates in India -- STAFF: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. His excellency Lloyd James Austin, Secretary of Defense for the United States of America. His excellency Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, Defense Minister of India. Delegation members from both countries...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III continued his outreach to Indo-Pacific allies and partners with a call to Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne even as he was flying to meet with Indian leaders in New Delhi.Austin made the call to highlight the importance and the strength...

INDIAN OCEAN -- The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) completed a passing exercise (PASSEX) with the Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Anzac (III) (FFH 150) in the Indian Ocean, March 10.This exercise is the first time that USS Bunker Hill operated with...

DILI, U.S. Embassy in Timor Leste -- The new U.S. Ambassador to Timor-Leste, Kevin Blackstone, presented his letter of credential to the President of the Republic of Timor-Leste, Francisco Guterres Lu-Olo on March 19 to officially begin his diplomatic mission.“It is an honor to present my credential...

WASHINGTON -- The American commitment to the U.S.-Republic of Korea Treaty remains ironclad, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said today following the ROK-US Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting in Seoul.Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken joined Austin for talks with South Korean...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- “Our Air Force must accelerate change to control and exploit the air domain to the standard the nation expects and requires from us. If we don’t change – if we fail to adapt – we risk losing the certainty with which we have defended our national interests for decades,”...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Editor’s note: The times and dates of the event are in Hawaii Standard Time unless otherwise noted.U.S. Air Force Guardsmen from the 155th Air Refueling Squadron, Nebraska Air National Guard deployed here, along with Coast Guard and Federated States of Micronesia...