28 March 2022 U.S. Army Pacific and Philippine Army Conclude Salaknib 2022 FORT MAGSAYSAY, Philippines -- U.S. Army Pacific Soldiers and Philippine Army 1st Brigade Combat Team Soldiers concluded the annual iteration of Salaknib during a closing ceremony at Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, March 24, 2022.Salaknib is an annual Philippine Army led, U.S. Army Pacific...
28 March 2022 Kadena Conducts First KC-135 Hot Pit Refueling in the Pacific KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen assigned to the 18th Wing have found another way to increase agile combat employment (ACE) capabilities in the Pacific by conducting hot-pit refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker on March 22, 2022.This event marks the first time the procedure was conducted in the...
28 March 2022 Arctic Guardians Conduct Operations on Arctic Sea Ice JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- During a routine flight deep in the Alaska Interior, a small jetliner crashes with a dozen passengers.All survive the harrowing incident without serious injury, but now they’re facing subzero temperatures with the sprawling and towering Alaska Range...
28 March 2022 Yokota Hosts JASDF Chief of Staff for U.S.-Japan Leadership Program YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Gen. Shunji Izutsu, Japan Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff, and local Japan leaders visited U.S. Forces Japan to attend a U.S.-Japan Leadership Program gathering, reaffirming the importance of the U.S. Air Force – Japan Self-Defense Force alliance, March 19, 2022.The...
25 March 2022 U.S. 3rd Fleet Hosts RIMPAC Final Planning Conference PEARL HARBOR -- Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet hosted the final planning conference (FPC) for Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2022 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, March 21-24.Approximately 1,000 personnel from 27 nations scheduled to participate in RIMPAC 2022 attended the FPC to conduct a review...
25 March 2022 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Phone Call With Japan Minister of Defense Kishi Nobuo WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Japan Minister of Defense Kishi Nobuo held a call, March 24, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Japan Minister of Defense Kishi Nobuo held a call to reaffirm the U.S.-Japan Alliance’s resolve to maintain regional peace and security and to...
25 March 2022 United States Space Force Lands In Exmouth, Western Australia U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Australia -- The head of the United States Space Force (USSF) has visited the Western Australian town of Exmouth to see U.S.-Australia space cooperation firsthand.Chief of Space Operations General John W. “Jay” Raymond toured Learmonth Solar Observatory on Thursday, a...
24 March 2022 B-2 Conducts Mission in Indo-Pacific, Integrates with US, Royal Australian Air Force ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE AMBERLEY, Aus. -- A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit flew from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, to Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Australia, March 23, 2022, to execute training with the Royal Australian Air Force to increase interoperability...
24 March 2022 Commander, USINDOPACOM, Cements the Importance of U.S-Australian Alliance DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. -- Admiral John Aquilino, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), visited the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) and the Australian 1st Brigade on March 23 to recognize the strength and importance of the U.S.-Australian alliance.“We want to be able to join...
24 March 2022 Combat Logistics Regiment-3 Concludes Support to Operation Kuleana CAMP KINSER, Okinawa, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 3, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3d Marine Logistics Group, operating under Task Force Kuleana, concluded their sustained operations in support of the communities of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, O’ahu, Hawai’i, March 21st,...