RICHMOND, NSW, Australia -- Instructors and cadre from the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center are teaching advanced tactics to the Australian and New Zealand Royal Air Forces here on March 7, 2017.Over 30 Airmen from the school are part of the mobile training team (MTT).The school is...

CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii – U.S. Pacific Command deployed the first elements of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to the Republic of Korea, March 6, implementing the U.S.-ROK Alliance’s July 2016 decision to bring the defense capability to the peninsula.North Korea’s accelerating...

APRA HARBOR, Guam -- The U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) are participating in the annual bilateral training exercise MultiSail 2017, March 6-10.Participants include six U.S. Navy ships, two JMSDF ships, and a number of subsurface and other special units.MultiSail is a...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, TOKYO, Japan -- Members of Team Yokota came out to welcome the first of 14 C-130J Super Hercules being assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing during an arrival ceremony held at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 6, 2017.U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Dillon, PACAF vice commander, along with...

SOUTH CHINA SEA -- U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines Sung Kim and his guests visited Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), March 4.The ambassador's guests included senior leaders from the Republic of the Philippines: Secretary of National Defense retired Brig. Gen...

DAEGU, South Korea -- Senior leadership and soldiers from Eighth Army and several of its Materiel Support Commands hosted a visit by Army Materiel Command Deputy Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Larry Wyche, March 3-4.Throughout the four-day trip to Japan and South Korea, Wyche spent time with...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy wrapped up Exercise Cope North 17 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 3.The exercise’s 88th iteration began Feb. 15, 2017, and focused on...

OKINAWA, Japan -- Flagship of Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11 and the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (BHR ARG), USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), arrived at White Beach, Okinawa, March 4.Bonhomme Richard is in port for the onload of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and other Marine...

OKINAWA, Japan -- The 909th KC-135s provided daily air refueling support to Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) F/A-18 Super Hornets and Growlers embarked aboard CVN-70 during the carrier’s regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command...

SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20) and embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted routine operations in the South China Sea, March 2, after departing Exercise Cobra Gold in Thailand.Green Bay recently returned to sea after successfully completing...