26 December 2024 OCD 24 concludes 73 years of bringing aid to Pacific islands Operation Christmas Drop 2024 concluded Dec. 14, marking 73 years of delivering aid to some of the most isolated communities in the world...
18 December 2024 Multinational Aircrews Showcase Interoperability During OCD 24 Interfly Allied aircrews from five nations took to the skies together as U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self Defense Force, Republic of Korea Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, and Royal Australian Air Force aircrews executed a multinational “interfly” mission to culminate Operation Christmas Drop 2024, at...
11 December 2024 Santa’s Grey Sleigh Arrives Early in the Pacific as OCD 24 Kicks Off High above the Pacific, Santa’s grey sleighs roared to life Dec. 8 as C-130 Hercules aircrews from five allied nations began dropping humanitarian-like aid bundles as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2024...
10 December 2024 Readiness Doesn’t Rest: Multilateral Maintenance Powers OCD 24 Whether they’re under the glow of floodlights cutting through the Pacific night, or bathing in the rays of the tropical Guam sun, maintainers from the U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force are working side by side as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2024 to ensure C-130Js delivering bundles...
05 October 2024 U.S. Marines Deliver Emergency Relief to Philippines CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan - At the request of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin directed U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to support the U.S. Agency for International Development's efforts in foreign disaster relief operations in the Philippines...
05 September 2024 Pacific Angel 24-3 concludes in Vietnam Pacific Angel 24-3 concluded in Quang Ngai and Quang Nam provinces, Vietnam, with a closing ceremony following 10 days of concurrent engineering, medical events and subject matter expert exchanges, Aug. 30...
30 August 2024 MRF-D 24.3 Marines, Sailors increases readiness to respond to HADR during Exercise Bhakti Kanyini AUSINDO 24 U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3, alongside members of the Australian Defence Force, the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), and various civil and government agencies, rehearsed humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations during Exercise Bhakti...
24 August 2024 Opening Ceremony kicks off Pacific Angel 24-3 in Vietnam The United States Armed Forces are working together conducting concurrent Engineering, Medical events and Subject Matter Expert Exchanges in Quang Ngai and Quang Nam provinces, Vietnam from Aug. 20 -31, 2024 as part of Pacific Angel 24-3...
14 September 2023 Pacific Partnership 2023 Arrives in Samoa USS Jackson (LCS 6) has arrived in Apia, Samoa in support of Pacific Partnership, the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Pacific, Sept. 13...
24 August 2023 Yokota Airmen support Pacific Airlift Rally 23 Yokota Airmen have returned from Pacific Airlift Rally 23, a multinational, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief exercise involving the U.S., Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, and Malaysia Air Forces at Clark Air Base, Philippines, Aug. 14-18...