14 November 2017 First Japanese-built F-35A Lands at Misawa Air Base MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- A Defense Contract Management Agency government flight representative landed the first Japanese-made F-35A on Misawa AB's runway, Nov. 2.Maj. Elijah Supper piloted the brand-new aircraft from the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Komaki South F-35 Final Assembly and Check Out...
14 November 2017 U.S. Marines and Members of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force Senior Enlisted Spread Knowledge CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- Service members with the Japan Ground Self Defense Force participated in an educational event hosted by the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy here Nov. 8.The event was held to educate enlisted service members of the JGSDF about the Marine Corps rank structure and...
14 November 2017 Old Glory: Linking the Past and Present OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The beaches of Normandy, the ports at Pearl Harbor, atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, and Ground Zero in New York City; all of these places have one thing in common: The American Flag. The American Flag has symbolized victory, defeat, liberation and hope...
13 November 2017 Three-Carrier Strike Force Exercise to Commence in Western Pacific YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) strike groups will commence a three-carrier strike force exercise in the Western Pacific, Nov. 11-14.Units assigned to the strike force will conduct coordinated operations in international...
13 November 2017 I Corps signal and Communications Team Enables the Mission CAMP HOVEY, South Korea -- During Warfighter Exercise (WFX) 18-2 the I Corps G6 team is using the training exercise to ensure they are able to support and provide the critical communications infrastructure to prepare units for decisive action missions.I Corps' most recent warfighter exercise is...
13 November 2017 Arming 35th Fighter Wing Operators with Munitions, Purpose MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 35th Maintenance Squadron conducted a weapons and ammunitions tour for operations personnel at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 8.Maintenance and ammunitions Airmen immersed pilots, intelligence, aircrew flight equipment and squadron aviation resource management personnel...
13 November 2017 USS Ashland Conducts Inspection and Survey Rehearsal Underway EAST CHINA SEA -- The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) conducted a rehearsal for Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) Nov. 7 as part of preparations for the ship's official assessment scheduled for May 2018.Ashland embarked a team of 18 subject matter experts from Amphibious...
13 November 2017 Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Harbor Ops Conducts Facilities-response Training Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan -- Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Harbor Operations conducted facilities response training, or FRT, at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 6-7, 2017.U.S. Navy sailors took part in the training to learn how to control potential oil or fuel spills in the waters...
13 November 2017 Alaskan Jets Fly South for the Winter EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The 18th Aggressor Squadron sent approximately 150 personnel and 11 F-16 Fighting Falcon to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to support the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, specifically the F-16 weapons instructor course.“The USAF Weapons Instructor Course was founded...
13 November 2017 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle symposium comes to Okinawa OKINAWA, Japan -- Richard Lusk, retired U.S. Marine Corps captain and current director of the Unmanned Aerial Systems Research Center, Oak Ridge Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, led a two-hour symposium concerning the future of UAS and counter-UAS capability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The...