JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Airmen from U.S. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Command and Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) participated in a two-day bilateral civil engineer-focused discussion at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii March 15-16.Participants in the bilateral exchange...

JAKARTA, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- With an additional 3.5 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines arriving in Jakarta on April 3, the United States has donated 35.8 million doses to Indonesia and over a half billion vaccines to more than 110 countries in every region of the world. As of...

WASHINGTON -- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday met with Chief of the Indonesian Navy Adm. Yudo Margono, at the Pentagon, March 30.This was their first meeting, during which the two leaders discussed the importance of maritime security and exchanged views on regional and global security...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following a seven-month deployment, March 31.Missouri departed Pearl Harbor in August for a regularly-scheduled deployment, in which they performed a...

KUALA LUMPUR, U.S. Embassy in Malaysia -- U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) General Charles A. Flynn visited Kuala Lumpur from Mar 27-28, 2022 to reinforce the strong ties between the United States and Malaysia. During his visit, he participated in the 17th biennial Defence Services Asia (DSA) exhibition,...

COLOMBO, U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- The General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University, in partnership with the U.S. Embassy, hosted a conference on “A Shared Vision for the Indo-Pacific” on March 31. Conference participants discussed the Biden Administration’s new Indo-Pacific Strategy and how it...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 3rd Wing launched F-22 Raptors as part of Polar Force 22-4, an Agile Combat Employment-focused (ACE) exercise, from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), March 30.This is the first time the 3rd Wing has led a Polar Force exercise, with the primary...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – -- Pacific Air Forces Airmen recently delivered 109 boxes of medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Ministry of Health in Timor-Leste to assist with Covid-19.Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing (AW) at Yokota Air Base, Japan, led an...

WASHINGTON -- Two years into its Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan, the Defense Department's Women, Peace and Security program has made significant strides to promote the safety, equality and meaningful contributions of women around the globe, according to policy analysts in the Office of...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --The Pacific Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Center hosted the Multilateral IAMD experiment 2021 (MIX-21) with multilateral allies and partners Feb. 14 – 17.MIX-21 was the sixth iteration of its kind, and was conceived, planned and executed as a...