03 November 2022 Austin Says Space Force Ensures U.S. Maintains Space Preeminence WASHINGTON -- The United States leads the way in space. But in recent years, it has become a contested environment, as China and Russia are investing in their own space capabilities, said the secretary of defense.Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III made the remarks today at the Space Force...
25 October 2022 U.S. Navy Participates in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei 2022 MUARA, Brunei -- The United States and Royal Brunei Navies will commence the 28th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) beginning October 24 to 31 in Brunei, with the participation of U.S. Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) and a P-8A maritime patrol...
21 October 2022 18th Wing, 22nd ARW Expand Agile Combat Employment Capabilities KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Airmen from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, aboard a KC-46A Pegasus visited Kadena Air Base to enhance Agile Combat Employment (ACE) capabilities from Oct. 11-15, 2022.Members from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing teamed up with the 18th Wing ACE office as well as members...
14 October 2022 U.S. Service Members Provide Life-saving Care Near Zambales during KAMANDAG MANILA, Philippines -- U.S. Marines and Sailors approached the scene of a traffic accident and provided life-saving medical aid to three Filipino civilians struck by an automobile, Oct. 7, 2022 near Zambales, Philippines.These U.S. service members were driving on the way to Subic Bay when they...
15 August 2022 Chief of Staff Air Force Visits Kadena Air Base KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., visited Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 11, to meet with Team Kadena face-to-face, learn more about the base’s mission, and share his strategic insight with Airmen delivering airpower every day in support of a free-and-open...
09 August 2022 Soldiers Build Roads and Community Relations OLD HARBOR, Alaska -- Army Reserve Soldiers from units around the Pacific have assembled in a very rural location in Alaska to help with the development of a community, testing their mettle while strengthening bonds among the local residents.“Six, seven, eight,” Sgt. Robert Laux, a construction...
19 July 2022 U.S. Navy Seabees and U.S. Marines accomplish a Wide Scope of Engineering Projects while at Expeditionary Camp Tinian TINIAN, Northern Mariana Islands -- U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3’s Detail Tinian, supported by U.S. Marines with the 7th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), have proudly upheld NMCB-3’s “Better Than Best” motto by executing multinational, joint service...
28 June 2022 Air Mobility Command Aligns Strategic Priorities with Counterparts in Pacific Theater SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) -- Air Mobility Command (AMC) leaders continued operationalizing the new command strategy during staff-to-staff discussions at Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), June 22-23, where they discussed a road map for readying Mobility...
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...