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U.S., JASDF Forces keep Lightning engaged in REFORPAC 2025

U.S. Air Force Airmen, assigned to the 421st Fighter Generation Squadron and the 721st Crisis Response team, unload cargo from a truck during exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025 at Matsushima Air Base, Japan, July 24, 2025. The exercise delivers USAF capabilities to the Indo-Pacific region at speed and scale, demonstrating the ability to command and control agile combat employment operations across more than six time zones. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Koby Mitchell)

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U.S., JASDF Forces keep Lightning engaged in REFORPAC 2025

U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning IIs, assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron, conduct sortie generations during exercise Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC) 2025 at Matsushima Air Base, Japan, July 24, 2025. The REFORPAC exercise validates Pacific Air Forces’ capacity to lead large-scale agile combat employment and multinational contingency operations with more than 12,000 personnel and 400 aircraft being mobilized. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Koby Mitchell)

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Shore to Sea: Landing craft delivers cargo to Somerset

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 17, 2025) — A landing craft, air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 approaches the well deck of amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, July 24, 2025. Somerset is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Evan Diaz)

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U.S. Air National Guard servicemembers assigned to the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Component Test Center conduct preflight checks during Resolute Force Pacific 25 in the Indo-Pacific region, July 24, 2025. REFORPAC 25’s multi-domain operations across the Indo-Pacific region enabled AATC to test enhanced capabilities with realistic network loads that replicate contested environment conditions. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Guadalupe Beltran)

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The Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Component Test Center insignia displays on a work center during Resolute Force Pacific 25 in the Indo-Pacific region, July 24, 2025. AATC’s role as the Air Reserve Component’s primary test and evaluation center proved essential for validating enhanced KC-135 capabilities under realistic exercise conditions with multiple network participants. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Guadalupe Beltran)

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An Airman marshals a KC-135 Stratotanker from the Utah Air National Guard's 151st Air Refueling Wing during Resolute Force Pacific 25 in the Indo-Pacific region, July 24, 2025. The integrated Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command Test Center crew conducted advanced data systems testing. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Guadalupe Beltran)

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A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the Utah Air National Guard's 151st Air Refueling Wing sits on the flightline during Resolute Force Pacific 25 in the Indo-Pacific region, July 24, 2025. The exercise provides an optimal testing environment for the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center's enhanced KC-135 systems, with realistic operational conditions and numerous participants that stress test the data networks under real-world scenarios. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Guadalupe Beltran)

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U.S. Air National Guard members assigned to the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Component Test Center conduct preflight checks during Resolute Force Pacific 25, in the Indo-Pacific region, July 24, 2025. The exercise’s comprehensive nature with thousands of participants across multiple Indo-Pacific locations provided optimal conditions to validate the enhanced KC-135's data systems under operational stress.

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REFORPAC 2025: 374 LRS, JASDF gather for bilateral joint inspection training

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Davisson, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron air transportation specialist, briefs Japan Air Self-Defense Force personnel during a joint inspection training in support of exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 24, 2025. REFORPAC demonstrates U.S. commitment to the region by building interoperability with allies and partners, advancing common interests, and ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samantha White)

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A U.S. Space Force Guardian assigned to the 25th Space Range Squadron, Space Delta 11, conducts range control operations inside a Transportable Range Operations Center during exercise Resolute Space 2025 in Pearl City, Hawaii, July 24, 2025. The 25th SRS supported Resolute Space, Resolute Forces Pacific and the broader Department-Level Exercise by providing an electromagnetic range environment that enabled exercise participants to train in realistic conditions. The squadron deployed and activated the TROC, which extends range control to remote locations and allows Guardians to deliver electromagnetic effects in a controlled setting without impacting other spectrum users. (U.S. Space Force photo by Ethan Johnson)

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Naval Postgraduate School president retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Ann E. Rondeau, Ed.D. presents a Monterey Cypress tree to National University of Singapore President professor Tan Eng Chye as measure of appreciation celebrating the new joint degree program between the two institutions, July 23. The new degree program builds on decades of trusted partnership between the two countries, preparing future leaders for the complexities of modern warfare. (Photo courtesy Mowafiq Alanazi, Ed.D.)

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Leaders from Singapore and the U.S. pose for a picture at the signing ceremony, July 23. Pictured from left to right are Temasek Defence Systems Institute (TDSI) director professor Lim Kian Meng; TDSI professor Khoo Boo Cheong; Lui Pao Chuen; NPS President retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Ann E. Rondeau, Ed.D.; Chief Defence Scientist Tan Peng Yam; and, deputy director of the NPS International Graduate Programs Office Mowafiq Alanazi, Ed.D. Chuen was a member of the first class of Singaporean graduates from NPS in 1973 and is also an NPS Hall of Fame inductee. (Photo courtesy the National University of Singapore)

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NPS president retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Ann E. Rondeau, Ed.D., and the Singapore Minister for Defence Chan Chun Sing conclude the proceedings for the new joint degree program between NPS and the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Temasek Defence Systems Institute (TDSI), July 23. (Courtesy photo by Lionel Lin/National University of Singapore)

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National University of Singapore (NUS) President professor Tan Eng Chye and Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) President retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Ann E. Rondeau, Ed.D. signed the new partnership agreement during a ceremony held at NUS in Singapore, July 23. The ceremony marked the launch of a new joint degree program between the NUS’ Temasek Defence Systems Institute (TDSI) and NPS. Leaders in attendance included the Singapore Minister for Defence (MINDEF) Chan Chun Sing; MINDEF Permanent Secretary (Defence Development) Melvyn Ong; TDSI Board Chairman and Chief Defence Scientist Tan Peng Yam; and Dean of NUS College of Design and Engineering professor Teo Kie Leong; as well as Lisa S. Liao, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires. (Photo courtesy the National University of Singapore)

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Lisa S. Liao, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) President retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Ann E. Rondeau, Ed.D., and National University of Singapore (NUS) President Professor Tan Eng Chye celebrate the announcement of a new joint degree program, July 23. The collaboration between the two countries and institutions continues the commitment to preparing future leaders for the complexities of modern warfare. (Courtesy photo by Lionel Lin/National University of Singapore)

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Singapore Minister for Defence Chan Chun Sing, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) President retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Ann E. Rondeau, Ed.D., and National University of Singapore (NUS) Temasek Defence Systems Institute (TSDI) Board Chairman and Chief Defence Scientist Tan Peng Yam listen to remarks at the launch of a new joint degree program, July 23. (Courtesy photo by Lionel Lin/National University of Singapore)

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Singapore Minister for Defence Chan Chun Sing provides remarks at the ceremony marking the launch of a new joint degree program between the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Temasek Defence Systems Institute and the Naval Postgraduate School, July 23 on the NUS campus in Singapore. The new degree program builds on decades of trusted partnership between the two countries and institutions, and a shared commitment to preparing future leaders for the complexities of modern warfare. (Photo courtesy the National University of Singapore)

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U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 35th Medical Group execute an engine-running offload of a simulated litter patient for a mass casualty exercise during Resolute Force Pacific 2025 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 23, 2025. The training highlighted the ability of U.S. and Japanese personnel to seamlessly integrate and demonstrate combined capability as well as execute agile combat employment with speed and scale. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler)

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U.S. Air Force Maj. David Stuppy, 18th Air Evacuation Squadron standards and evaluations flight examiner, briefs personnel assigned to the 35th Medical Group and Japan Air Self-Defence Force on aeromedical operations for a mass casualty exercise during Resolute Force Pacific 2025 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 23, 2025. The training highlighted the ability of U.S. and Japanese personnel to seamlessly integrate and execute medical command and control as well as execute agile combat employment with speed and scale. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler)

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U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 35th Medical Group walk a litter patient onto a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron for a mass casualty exercise during Resolute Force Pacific 2025 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 23, 2025. Department-Level Exercises, like REFORPAC, allow opportunities for U.S. Airmen to integrate with allies and partners to address challenges through interoperability, information sharing, and all-domain capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler)

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