28 June 2022 Air Mobility Command Aligns Strategic Priorities with Counterparts in Pacific Theater SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) -- Air Mobility Command (AMC) leaders continued operationalizing the new command strategy during staff-to-staff discussions at Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), June 22-23, where they discussed a road map for readying Mobility...
28 June 2022 US, Philippine Air Force Bands Participate in Virtual Subject Matter Expert exchange JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Airmen from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific, along with participants from the U.S. Band of the Golden West out of Travis Air Force Base, California, met virtually with members from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) Band for a subject matter expert...
28 June 2022 MRF-D ACE Enhances Combined Air Superiority through Exercises Raptor's Strike and Diamond Storm DARWIN, Australia -- The Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) Aviation Combat Element (ACE) participated in Exercises RAPTOR’S STRIKE 22 and DIAMOND STORM 22 alongside Australian Defence Force (ADF) members from May 02 – June 24.RAPTOR’S STRIKE 22 featured low altitude air defense (LAAD)...
28 June 2022 U.S. Marines Redesignate Littoral Combat Team, Realign Combat Logistics Battalion under Marine Littoral Regiment MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII -- The U.S. Marine Corps redesignated 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines as the 3rd Littoral Combat Team (LCT) and realigned Combat Logistics Battalion 3 (CLB-3) under the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) during two ceremonies held here June 23 and 24, 2022.These actions, along...
28 June 2022 U.S. Secretary of the Navy Visit Strengthens U.S.-Fiji Partnership SUVA, Fiji – United States Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visited Fiji from June 15-16 to strengthen the U.S-Fiji partnership to promote security, stability, and prosperity in the Pacific. The United States has partnered with the Pacific Islands on regional security, economic and development...
28 June 2022 U.S. Donates 2.2 Million Doses of Pediatric Covid-19 Vaccines to Nepal KATHMANDU, U.S. Embassy in Nepal -- The United States government is donating 2.2 million doses of pediatric vaccines to Nepal to fight COVID-19. These highly effective, life-saving vaccines for children ages 5-11 are provided through the generosity of the American people and add to the 2.26 million...
27 June 2022 READOUT: Pacific Fleet Commander’s Travel to Japan, June 23-24 HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Adm. Samuel Paparo met with senior Japanese officials to discuss the increasing security challenge in the Indo-Pacific and the importance of close coordination and integration between the two navies.Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited Japan, June 23-24,...
27 June 2022 Versatile Integrating Partner Equipment Refueling Kits Expand ACE Capabilities for Keystone of the Pacific KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron are making history refueling aircraft both big and small using the Versatile Integrating Partner Equipment Refueling (VIPER) kit for the first time at Kadena Air Base, Japan.The team employed the new equipment, procured...
27 June 2022 Seabees Work with Fiji Military Forces to Build School FIJI -- Engineers assigned to U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion THREE and members of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) are building a two-room classroom for the Navonu Primary School in Vanua Levu, Fiji, as part of Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22).Now in its 17th year, Pacific...
27 June 2022 Red Flag-Alaska 22-2 Exercise Draws to a Close EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- As Red Flag-Alaska 22-2 draws to a close after two weeks of non-stop operations, the visiting squadrons at Eielson Air Force base have racked up thousands of combined flying hours for pilots and kept maintainers working around the clock to keep more than 40 fighter...