COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Capt. Toai Dang, of the Vietnam Air Defense-Air Force, became the first Vietnamese student to graduate from the Aviation Leadership Program (ALP) on May 31 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.ALP is a U.S. Air Force-funded program, providing students of partner...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Team Misawa members can find two static aircraft displays located outside the wing headquarters building at Risner Circle. While driving by the area, one may not notice the engraved details and stories the jets could tell. If you take a closer look at the F-86F Sabre’s...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Red Flag-Alaska 19-2, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment, is scheduled to begin June 6 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) scheduled...

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia -- The 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), forward deployed from Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, and the California Air National Guard’s 194th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron out of Fresno, Calif., provided training support to the Royal Australian...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- More Soldiers will be forward deployed longer in the Indo-Pacific region next year, as part of a new Pacific Pathways effort to allow units to build stronger partnerships and readiness.Called Pacific Pathways 2.0, the program will place units in partner nations for up to six...

SATTAHIP NAVAL BASE, Thailand -- Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 and the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) Diver and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Center conducted a knowledge exchange classroom seminar as part of Cooperation...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 607th Air Support Operations Group (ASOG) recently opened a new facility here and demonstrated their enhanced capabilities to Team Osan and U.S. Forces Korea leaders.The facility provides the 607th ASOG a centralized location which services human performance,...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- U.S. and Nepalese Forces participated in a medical subject matter exchange in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 14 to 17.The U.S. Pacific Air Forces international health specialist division, PACAF Surgeon General Office and Army Regional Health Command Pacific trained with their Nepalese...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- The "Waterdawgs" of the 40th Composite Supply Company (CSC), 25th Sustainment Brigade deployed to Dillingham Beach, Hawaii May 21, 2019 as a part of Lightning Forge 19, where they got hands on training of saltwater purification with a Tactical Water Purification System...

WASHINGTON -- The Indo-Pacific is the Department of Defense’s priority theater. The United States is a Pacific nation; we are linked to our Indo-Pacific neighbors through unbreakable bonds of shared history, culture, commerce, and values. We have an enduring commitment to uphold a free and open...