08 July 2024 Paying Respects: 374 AW, 515 AMOW, JASDF honor the fallen in B-29 Memorial Ceremony Airmen from across the 374th Airlift Wing, 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing and Japan Air Self-Defense Force joined representatives from Shizuoka City in remembrance during the annual B-29 Superfortress memorial ceremony on Mt. Shizuhata, Japan, June 29...
08 July 2024 USS Blue Ridge and USCGC Waesche Arrive in Cam Ranh, Vietnam The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche arrived in Cam Ranh, Vietnam for a five-day joint Navy – Coast Guard routine port visit on July 8...
08 July 2024 U.S.- Australian Interchangeability | VMFA-214 leaders fly RAAF F-35A Northern Territory—In a demonstration of the ever-increasing interchangeability between U.S. Marine Corps and Royal Australian Air Force aviation, two F-35B Lightning II pilots with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, flew RAAF F-35A...
07 July 2024 Koa Moana 24: U.S. Marines Deepening their Historic Bond with Peleliu through Civic Center Project The recent touchdown of the first military fixed-wing aircraft on Peleliu's newly recertified airstrip, now named "Sledge" in homage to a Battle of Peleliu veteran, has captured global attention for its historical significance and collaborative spirit. This milestone, hailed by both military and...
07 July 2024 CLB-15 Marines Innovate Tactical Resupply with Unmanned Aircraft in the Philippines As part of experimentation for expeditionary resupply concepts, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, recently employed the Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System during Exercise Balikatan 24 and Archipelagic Coastal Defense Continuum in the Philippines throughout April...
03 July 2024 USINDOPACOM Commander hosts commanders for strategy, posture synchronization Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosted more than 70 senior joint-force leaders for two days of engagements focused on the Indo-Pacific strategy, capabilities, and force posture at Headquarters, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, July 1-2, 2024. ...
03 July 2024 Department of Defense Announces Modernization Plan for Tactical Aircraft Based in Japan The Department of Defense (DoD), in close coordination with the Government of Japan, today announced a plan to upgrade U.S. tactical aircraft laydown across multiple military installations in Japan...
03 July 2024 15th MEU, USS Somerset join partner nations at 29th Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Nearly 1,400 U.S. Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Sailors assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) will participate in the 29th biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 from June 27 to Aug. 1, around the Hawaiian Islands...
03 July 2024 USAF Joins 19 Nations for Australian Led Pitch Black Exercise The United States will participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2024 largely based at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin and Base Tindal, Australia, July 12 – Aug. 2, 2024...
02 July 2024 Military Sealift Command Supporting Biennial Rim of the Pacific Exercise Military Sealift Command will support the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 maritime exercise though out the month of July in Hawaii...