PHILIPPINE SEA -- The USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) conducted deterrence missions in the Philippine Sea through demonstration of long range maritime strikes with Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) on May 9."Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is a powerful presence in the Philippine Sea...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III welcomed Thailand's Prime Minister and Defense Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to the Pentagon yesterday to build on the more than 200-year-old history between the two countries.Thailand is America's oldest friend and ally in the Indo-Pacific, and...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Throughout the week, units across the 374th Airlift Wing (AW) practiced various multi-capable Airmen concepts with very focused goals, but they all came together to participate in a major accident response exercise May 11.The Major Accident Response Exercise (MARE), which...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yokota Air Base’s iconic C-130J Super Hercules has been joined by 12 F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan, as Airmen and aircraft participated in a joint Agile Combat Employment (ACE) training exercise May 12, 2022.Airmen utilize ACE...

VIENTIANE, LAO, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- Isobel Coleman, Deputy Administrator (DA) for Policy and Programming for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announced US $5.6 million in additional assistance to address the impacts of COVID-19 on economic growth and primary...

U.S. ARMY -- More than 500 high school students from the Republic of the Marshall Islands completed the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) this spring. Support for testing was provided by Soldiers from U.S. Army Pacific Command.Visiting U.S. Army Master Sgt. John Phillips and Staff...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Expeditionary Firefighter and Rescue (EFR), Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, conducted the Firefighters Physical Abilities Test on May 5.The test...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- As aircraft noise fills the air while RED FLAG-Alaska 22-1 is in full swing, a team of people looks to the skies for a different kind of wing.For the members of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s (JBER) Bird/Wildlife Air Strike Hazard, or BASH, program,...

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- The United States as first COVID Summit Chair; Indonesia, holding the G20 Presidency; Belize, as CARICOM Chair; Germany, holding the G7 Presidency; and Senegal as African Union Chair, will co-host the second Global COVID-19 Summit, which will be held...

WASHINGTON -- Cruise missiles follow unpredictable flight paths and are now capable of supersonic and hypersonic speeds. Russia and China are developing advanced cruise missiles that can be launched from aircraft, ground launchers and ships or submarines, along with hypersonic missile...