08 June 2022 Eielson Airmen, F-35s Begin Agile Combat Employment Training at MCAS Iwakuni MCAS IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, Japan -- Eighteen U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 354th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) out of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, began training on Agile Combat Employment (ACE) tactics, techniques and procedures at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June...
08 June 2022 Four Outstanding Young Malaysians Accepted to U.S. Service Academies KUALA LUMPUR, U.S. Embassy in Malaysia -- Four Malaysians have been accepted to continue their studies at prestigious U.S. service academies and prepare to become future Malaysian military officers. The U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur hosted a send-off ceremony on June 7 to mark their...
08 June 2022 U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship Hosts Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Admirals SASEBO, Japan -- The crew of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) hosted Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) admirals, who toured the ship while moored at Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan, June 1.JMSDF Vice Adm. FUKUDA Tatsuya, commander, Fleet Escort...
07 June 2022 US, Indonesian Air Forces to Conduct Cope West 22 Exercise JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Service members and aircraft from the U.S. Air Force’s 374th Airlift Wing (AW), Yokota Air Base, Japan and the Indonesian Air Force will participate in Cope West 2022 (CW22), a bilateral, tactical airlift exercise at Abdulrachman Saleh Air Force Base, Malang,...
07 June 2022 B-1B Lancers Deploy to Andersen Air Force Base for Bomber Task Force Mission ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers landed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on June 3, 2022, for a Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Bomber Task Force (BTF) deployment.The personnel, aircraft and assets arrived from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, to conduct PACAF...
07 June 2022 Trip to Indo-Pacific Allows Austin to Continue Outreach WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's trip to the Indo-Pacific comes at a critical junction for the region, senior defense officials speaking on background said.The secretary will give a major speech at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore, visit with defense leaders and American...
07 June 2022 Exercise Khaan Quest 2022 U.S. Embassy in Mongolia -- The Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command have announced their participation in Exercise KHAAN QUEST 2022, scheduled to take place at the Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, June 6-17, 2022.Khaan Quest 2022 is a regularly scheduled, multinational...
07 June 2022 The U.S. Donates 23,400 Pfizer Vaccine Doses to Kiribati SUVA, U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- The U.S. donated 23,400 life-saving doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Kiribati through the COVAX Facility – a partnership co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the...
07 June 2022 Marines Rehearse Defending Key Maritime Terrain from Assault OKINAWA, Japan -- Holding camouflaged defensive positions in the jungles of northern Okinawa, U.S. Marines readied to repel an attack from an opposing force aiming to seize the island during a combat rehearsal, dubbed the “Counter Assault Exercise,” from May 9 to May 12, 2022.The Counter Assault...
06 June 2022 U.S. Indo-Pacific Forces Come Together: Valiant Shield 22 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- U.S. Indo-Pacific command joint forces are scheduled to participate in exercise Valiant Shield (VS) 2022, June 6-17, on Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau and at sea around the Mariana Island Range Complex.Participants include USS Ronald...