03 May 2018 USS Dewey, Sterett Make Pearl Harbor Port Call PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The guided-missile destroyers USS Dewey (DDG 105) and USS Sterett (DDG 104) arrived in Pearl Harbor, May 2, for a final port visit before completing a three-month deployment.The visit will allow the ships to resupply before finishing their deployment and gives the crews a...
03 May 2018 U.S. and Sri Lankan Dentists Exchange Techniques Onboard USNS Mercy TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka -- U.S. and partner nation service members participating in Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18) hosted both civilian and Sri Lankan Navy dentists and orthodontists aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) for a dental subject matter expert exchange (SMEE)...
02 May 2018 U.S. F-16s Relocate, Misawa Airmen integrate with Japan Air Self-Defense Force in Chitose CHITOSE AIR BASE, Japan -- Nearly 95 personnel and six F-16 Fighting Falcons from Misawa Air Base soared to Chitose Air Base, Japan, April 23 to 27 to participate in an aviation training relocation program.Misawa AB F-16s, Yokota AB C-130J Super Hercules and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-15...
02 May 2018 Chief of Staff of the Air Force Civic Leaders Visit Eielson EIELSON AIR FORE BASE, Alaska -- A civic leader tour hosted by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force visited Eielson Air Force Base April 28, 2018; this was the final stop in a broad tour of the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) area of responsibility that included visits to Guam, Hawaii, Korea and Japan.The...
02 May 2018 Silver Flag: The Boomerang of Ideas, Culture ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- In the moments after the graduation of the first Silver Flag Training of 2018, a member of the Royal Australian Air Force calls to gather a clutch of Airmen from the United States of America, Singapore, Australia, and the Republic of Korea. The Aussie picks up a...
02 May 2018 374th SFS Military Working Dog Section Recognized by Japan Air Self-Defense Force YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) Maj. General Shizuo Kashiwase, 7th Airlift Wing commander recognized members of the 374th Security Forces Squadron for their help in training Japanese military working dogs and their handlers.With Yokota Air Base located in the...
01 May 2018 C-130J Statue Unveiling Marks Fleet Complete YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The completed transition from the C-130H Hercules to the new J model has been a long time coming for Yokota Air Base, Japan.To distinguish this milestone, Team Yokota gathered in front of the 374th Airlift Wing Headquarters building for the unveiling of a C-130J Super...
01 May 2018 Air Force Civic Leaders Visit Andersen Airmen, Receive Introduction to Mission ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- More than 20 select civic leaders joined Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force Gen. Stephen Wilson for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Air Force operations on Guam, April 27-28.Completing their fourth stop on a week-long tour of Pacific Air Forces stations...
01 May 2018 Coast Guard, Navy Complete Joint Oceania Maritime Security Initiative Patrol in Pacific Ocean HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard and Navy completed a 24-day joint mission in the Western and Central Pacific under the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative to combat transnational crimes, enforce fisheries laws and enhance regional security, Wednesday.A Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment...
01 May 2018 Joint Statement Mongolia-Japan-U.S. Trilateral Meeting Mongolia, Japan, and the United States held a trilateral meeting in Tokyo on April 26, 2018. The participants reaffirmed the importance of the Japan-Mongolia-U.S. trilateral meeting as an important mechanism for the exchange of views on regional and multilateral cooperation and on mutually...