20 February 2020 18th Aggressor Squadron Replicates Threats during Cope North 2020 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Twelve Soviet-style blue, black and forest flanker-themed F-16 Fighting Falcons took flight from a frigid 20-below-zero airfield in the Alaskan frontier to traverse the Pacific to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to unleash havoc during exercise Cope North 2020 (CN20),...
20 February 2020 US, Japanese, Australian Forces Train Together during Pacific Defender 20-1 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Palm trees and tall grasses bend and sway in the near-constant breeze, which offers a welcome respite from the balmy temperatures and humidity inherent to the Northern Mariana Islands. The scene is tropical, beautiful, and could be described as peaceful were it not...
20 February 2020 Battles Like Iwo Jima Must Never Happen Again, Milley Says WASHINGTON -- Seventy-five years ago today, about 70,000 Marines and sailors, backed up by about 400 ships, made the assault landings on Iwo Jima, a Pacific island that is only several square miles in size.It was the bloodiest campaign in American history per square mile, the chairman of the Joint...
20 February 2020 Misawa F-16 Pilots Integrate with Bombers, Koku Jieitai Counterparts MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Six U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons integrated with two B-52H Stratofortress bombers and 13 Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self Defense Force or JASDF) F-2s to conduct bilateral and theater familiarization training at Draughon Range near the coast of Misawa, Japan, Feb 3.The...
20 February 2020 U.S. Embassy Commemorates 75th Anniversary of U.S. Flag Raising after Battle of Manila MANILA, Philippines -- On Wednesday, February 19, the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines organized a special flag-raising event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of General Douglas MacArthur’s raising of the U.S. flag over Embassy grounds during the Battle of Manila in 1945.The event is part of an...
19 February 2020 Marines Landed on Iwo Jima 75 Years Ago WASHINGTON -- By February 1945, U.S. forces had island hopped across the Pacific Ocean and were rapidly closing in on the Japanese mainland.Before attacking Japan, war planners hoped to capture Iwo Jima, a tiny island in the Western Pacific that would put U.S. bombers within a 750-mile strike range...
19 February 2020 Misawa ALS hosts Japanese service members, bridges gaps in English MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Misawa Airman Leadership School (ALS) hosted 20 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers from the 6th Division, Camp Jinmachi, Yamagata, Japan, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 12, 2020.The soldiers were a part of a JGSDF Basic English Course and used the visit...
19 February 2020 1st Cavalry Division and the Battle of Manila -- 75 Years Later MANILA, Philippines -- The origins of the 1st Cavalry Division’s motto, “First Team,” can be traced back to World War II and the Battle of Manila from February 3 to March 3, 1945. This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of the city and the Division’s infamous “flying columns” which...
19 February 2020 U.S. Government Supports Royal Thai Government to Fight Drug Trafficking U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Thailand -- On February 11, the United States donated electronic equipment with a value of approximately $30,000 to the Royal Thai Government to fight drug trafficking and transnational crime as part of a longstanding U.S.-Thai law enforcement partnership. Consul General...
18 February 2020 USS Paul Hamilton Visits Singapore SINGAPORE -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) arrived in Singapore for a scheduled port visit Feb. 18.During the port visit, Paul Hamilton Sailors will have opportunities to experience the local culture through events sponsored by Morale, Welfare and...