18 November 2020 Philippines and United States Hosts Virtual Land Forces Seminar FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- The 44th annual Indo-Pacific Army Management Seminar (IPAMS) will take place across the vast Indo-Pacific region November 16-17, 2020. Because of the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic, this years’ conference is being conducted virtually by over 20 participants.The largest land...
18 November 2020 Yokota Airmen Train on 515th Air Mobility Wing C-5M Super Galaxy Yokota Air Base, Japan -- Maintainers from the 730th Air Mobility Squadron spent ten days training on a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov. 2–12 on Yokota Air Base.Yokota often serves as a refueling station for aircraft flying through the Pacific, which means...
18 November 2020 Dyess Airmen Participate in Indo-Pacific Joint Exercise ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Airmen with the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS) participated in a joint interoperability exercise to test long-range force packaging and demonstrate global reach capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region, Nov. 12.The 9th EBS Airmen, deployed from Dyess Air Force...
18 November 2020 36th Munitions Squadron keeps Andersen’s Forces Ready ANDERSEN AIR BASE, Guam -- Munitions that will be used to support Andersen Air Force Base defense and exercises were received and transported from Naval Base Guam to Andersen AFB in a joint-service Oceanic Shipping Container Operation from Nov. 15 and will end Nov. 19, 2020.The ship carrying...
17 November 2020 1st Fighter Wing Raptors deploy to support WestPac A contingent of 94th Fighter Squadron Airmen and F-22 Raptors assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to conduct missions in the Western Pacific. By working alongside allied and joint partner air forces, WestPac aims to...
17 November 2020 Nimitz Strike Group Participates in Malabar with Australia, India and Japan Sailors and Marines assigned to Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, joined Australian, Indian, Japanese maritime forces for Phase II of Malabar 2020 in the Northern Arabian Sea, Nov. 17...
17 November 2020 Airmen Learn Contested Coastal Rescue Skills The 48th and 55th Rescue Squadrons completed contested maritime training off the coast of California, Nov. 1-14, 2020.The training included day and night operations in which they executed a series of rescue procedures over the Pacific Ocean to enhance overall rescue capabilities, not only on land...
17 November 2020 U.S. successfully conducts SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test against an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Target The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS John Finn (DDG-113), an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System-equipped destroyer, intercepted and destroyed a threat-representative Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3)...
16 November 2020 America’s Pacific Division kicks off platoon exchange with Indonesian Army For more than 70-years the partnership between the United States and Indonesian Armies has endured, despite the two nations being geographically located on opposite sides of the earth.On Nov. 14, 2020, this partnership became a lot closer inside the historic F-Quad on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii as a...
12 November 2020 USS Spruance (DDG 111) Returns to Naval Base San Diego after Completing Contractor Sea Trials The guided missile destroyer, USS Spruance (DDG 111) returned to Naval Base San Diego after completing a four-day sea trial event that concluded a nine-month drydock selected restricted availability (DSRA), November 1...