27 October 2021 The United States Defense Attaché Visits Minister of Defense U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- During an office call at the Fijian Ministry of Defense, on Wednesday October 27, Commander Victor Lange of the United States Navy presented his credentials as the Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché of the United States of America...
27 October 2021 A-10 Pilot Represents Team Osan at Seoul ADEX 21 OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Team Osan’s 1st Lt. Daniel Guerrero, 25th Fighter Wing Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, represented the 25th FW, Osan Air Base and the United States Air Force at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition, also known as Seoul ADEX 21, which took...
27 October 2021 Development Programs Keep DOD's Workforce Strong WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department's military and civilian workforce have always worked together to successfully defend the nation, said the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness."They can only continue to do this through a sustained emphasis on workforce development, one that...
26 October 2021 SECNAV Visits USS Ronald Reagan, Announces Ship’s Sailors of the Year YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visited the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) to speak with Sailors during an all hands call at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Oct. 26.Del Toro was welcomed aboard by Capt. Fred Goldhammer,...
26 October 2021 U.S. Military Donates COVID-19 Vaccine Cold Storage Units to the Armed Forces of the Philippines MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. military donated intensive care unit (ICU) beds and COVID-19 vaccine cold storage units, valued at over Php2.075 million ($40,914) to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on October 25.The turnover of medical equipment and supplies was made...
26 October 2021 Mobility Airmen Exercise Agile Combat Employment Capabilities during Nodal Lightning ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The 732nd Air Mobility Squadron kicked off its third iteration of the exercise Nodal Lightning at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, 18 to 20 October.Exercise Nodal Lightning is the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing's (Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam,...
26 October 2021 Eielson AFB F-35s Participate in WSEP, Make Strides Towards First IOC Squadron in PACAF TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The 356th Fighter Squadron made history as the first F-35A Lightning II unit in the Pacific Air Forces to participate in an air-to-air weapons evaluation at Tyndall Air Force Base, Oct. 8-23. This is the second fifth-generation platform to be evaluated on live-fire...
26 October 2021 Andersen AFB Supports Agile Combat Employment Reaper ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- For the first time ever, an MQ-9 Reaper, from the 53rd Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida and assigned to the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, flew to Andersen AFB, Guam from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii in support of Exercise Ace Reaper.Ace Reaper...
26 October 2021 PACAF Hosts Annual India Executive Steering Group Conference JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM -- Leaders across Headquarters Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) recently hosted the Indian Air Force (IAF) delegation for the annual India Executive Steering Group (ESG) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, September 8-11.U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. James Jacobson, Deputy...
26 October 2021 Vietnam Receives 2,633,670 Pfizer Vaccine Doses from COVAX Made Available by the U.S. HANOI, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Vietnam --The U.S. Mission to Vietnam is proud to announce COVAX delivered an additional 2,633,670 life-saving doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine made available by the United States to assist Vietnam in its fight against COVID-19. 1,317,420 doses arrived on...