23 January 2023 USTDA, AirJaldi Networks Partner on Digital Connectivity in India Arlington, VA -- On January 18, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded a grant to Indian internet service provider AirJaldi Networks for a feasibility study to help expand broadband connectivity to more than 30 million people in rural and peri-urban communities across India. AirJaldi...
20 January 2023 U.S. and Japanese Forces Team Up for Southern Beach KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Airmen and Sailors from Kadena Air Base, Japan teamed up in the skies near Okinawa with Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) personnel during the latest iteration of the bilateral Southern Beach exercise on 19 January, 2022.“Southern Beach is a bilateral exercise...
20 January 2023 24th Special Operations Wing D-Cell, Pioneers of the ACE Concept, Hone Arctic Skills in Alaska JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Agile Combat Employment is one of the most talked-about concepts in the Air Force. The ability to rapidly deploy and establish forward operating locations, manned by multi-capable Airmen, is the way the Air Force is crafting the future of warfare.The Airmen...
20 January 2023 U.S. Navy Remembers Partnership during Tomodachi SAN DIEGO, California -- Capt. Tamara Graham, director of force requirements, Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF), spoke to an audience of U.S. and Japanese military and civic leaders at the “Thank You from Fukushima” reception hosted by the Honorable Kenko Sone, Consul General of Japan at his...
19 January 2023 WEPTAC 2023 – Solving Enterprise-level Challenges NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- U.S. and international combat air forces senior leaders converged at Nellis AFB Jan. 2-13 to participate in Air Combat Command’s annual pinnacle of tactics and warfare, the Weapons and Tactics (WEPTAC) Conference and C2 Summit, with a charge to accelerate the...
19 January 2023 Sri Lanka and U.S. militaries Commence CARAT/MAREX Sri Lanka COLOMBO, U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka --The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps began exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)/Marine Exercise (MAREX) Sri Lanka 2023 with the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) and Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) in Colombo, Jan. 19, 2023.CARAT/MAREX Sri Lanka is a joint,...
19 January 2023 673 Logistics Readiness Squadron/LGRV Keeps Vehicles Running JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) Flightline Maintenance Airmen keep flightline maintenance vehicles at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) functioning so that the mission never stops.“We work on many vehicles here at Flightline Maintenance...
19 January 2023 Alaska Army Guard Rescue Distressed Person Near Whittier Via Hoist JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska Army National Guard’s Detachment 1, Gulf Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), rescued a distressed individual Jan. 17 from the Main Bay Hatchery 20 miles southwest of Whittier.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center (AKRCC)...
19 January 2023 PACAF Command Team Visits JBER, ‘“Front Lines’” of Indo-Pacific Theater – APPROVED – Thank you for including the text JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- U.S. Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, and Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, PACAF command chief, and their spouses visited the installation Jan. 4-6, 2023.The command team holds a combined 22 years of experience in Alaska, spending 12...