DOD News -- While China remains America's "pacing challenge," there is cause for optimism in this competition, DOD officials said at the Hudson Institute today.Ely Ratner, the assistant defense secretary for Indo-Pacific affairs, and Lindsey W. Ford, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for...

RAYONG, Thailand -- Pacific Air Force Airmen from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and Yokota Air Base, Japan, have spent nearly a month working alongside their Royal Thai Air Force, Indonesian, and Indian Army counterparts building multipurpose facilities as part of an engineering civil...

AVALON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Australia -- Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) commander, highlighted the strength of the U.S.-Australia alliance at the opening ceremony for AVALON – the 2023 Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition – Feb. 28.AVALON 23 is...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – The 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, kicked off Exercise Agile Reaper (AR) 23-1 in Guam and Tinian March 1.AR 23-1 is the 3rd AEW’s effort to exercise Agile Combat Employment (ACE), rehearse capabilities in an...

SANTA RITA, Guam -- The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) returned to Guam on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, following a week-long deployment to the Federated States of Micronesia countering illegal fishing and strengthening partnerships with the local island communities of...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Ten U.S. Air Force airfield experts from Yokota and Andersen Air Base flew to the Japanese island of Iwo Jima to exchange skills with Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force partners as part of the Cope North 23 field exercise, Feb. 21-22.Cope North 23...

YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Commander, Submarine Group 7 hosted their counterparts from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Royal Australian Armed Forces personnel from the Australian Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC) for a trilateral theater anti-submarine warfare (TASW) tabletop...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Department of the Air Force (DAF) awarded The Boeing Company a contract to begin work on the E-7A weapon system Feb 28. The value of this initial contract will not exceed $1.2 billion.The DAF selected the E-7A to replace the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System...

U.S. Embassy in Mongolia -- The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Mongolia on the occasion of the 4th U.S.-Mongolia Economic Policy Dialogue.Begin Text:To strengthen further the U.S.-Mongolia Strategic Partnership and economic...

U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- Honorable Speaker, Honorable Members of Parliament, I am delighted to join you here at Parliament today to relaunch the Sri Lanka – U.S. Parliamentary Friendship Association. I want to thank in particular Honorable MP Chandima Weerakkody for taking the initiative to...