08 March 2022 How it’s Done: Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Communication and Navigation Airmen YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Airmen of the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMX), the backbone of Yokota’s flying forces, is responsible for keeping the base’s fleet of C-130J Super Hercules airborne.The C-130J is an advanced military aircraft that only looks like its previous models on the...
08 March 2022 Royal Thai Army Makes Stryker History at Cobra Gold LOPBURI PROVINCE, Kingdom of Thailand -- The M1129 Stryker mortar system is an infantry carrier vehicle, descendant of the Swiss Mowag Piranha III, accommodating a 120mm mortar system that fires a suite of mortar ammunition and first employed in 2005. After 17 years, the U.S. Army is sharing this...
08 March 2022 Coast Guard Cutter Midgett returns to Homeport after 3-month Alaskan Patrol KODIAK, Alaska -- The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Midgett returned to homeport in Honolulu, Hawaii, Friday after a three-month long Bering Sea patrol.The crew of the Midgett enforced federal laws and regulations in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain.They played a...
08 March 2022 U.S. Marks Milestone with Latest Donation of Nearly 4 Million Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines to the Philippines MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. in partnership with the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, delivered its largest single-day shipment yet of 3,999,060 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines as part of its continuing worldwide effort to...
08 March 2022 3D Marine Expeditionary Brigade Completes Jungle Warfare Training OKINAWA, Japan -- 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) Marines and Sailors successfully completed a rigorous Jungle Warfare Training event at Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, March 2-4, 2022. 3D MEB Marines and Sailors, as well as reinforcements from the III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group...
08 March 2022 Essex Amphibious Ready Group, 11th MEU Return from Deployment SAN DIEGO -- The Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) returned to port at Naval Base San Diego March 4, concluding a seven-month deployment to U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleet areas of operation.Essex ARG is comprised of the multi-purpose amphibious assault carrier USS Essex (LHD 2), amphibious transport...
07 March 2022 U.S. Army Pacific and Philippine Army Kick Off Salaknib 2022 FORT MAGSAYSAY, Philippines -- U.S. Army Pacific Soldiers kicked off the start of Salaknib 2022 alongside the Philippine Army's 1st Brigade Combat Team at an opening ceremony March 5, 2022, at Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.Salaknib is an annual Philippine Army-led, U.S. Army Pacific...
07 March 2022 COMPACAF Focuses on Threats, Airmen Efforts in Pacific at AFA Warfare Symposium Conference ORLANDO, Fla. -- Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, discussed the pacing threat of China and the efforts of Airmen and Guardians in the theater with the U.S. Space Force deputy chief of space operations as guest panelists during the Air Force Association’s (AFA) Warfare Symposium, Mar...
07 March 2022 Andersen Air Force Base New Hangars Unveiled at Ribbon Cutting ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, unveiled two new maintenance hangars at a ribbon cutting ceremony March 4, 2022.“These new hangars will provide a safe environment for Airmen to work in during adverse weather conditions along with easy access to tools and services...
07 March 2022 Cope South 2022 enhances U.S., Bangladesh Air Force Tactical Airlift Interoperability DHAKA, Bangladesh -- More than 70 U.S. Air Force Airmen and one U.S. Space Force Guardian assigned to the 36th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, joined approximately 300 members of the Bangladesh Air Force to evaluate and improve their combined interoperability during Exercise Cope South 2022 from...