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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to U.S. service members at the Defense Personnel Accounting Agency on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 25, 2025. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech)
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth views a static display of equipment at Kāne’ohe Bay, Hawaii, March 25, 2025. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech)
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shakes hands with senior leaders at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 25, 2025. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech)
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Lloyd J. Austin III

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III
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DOD Officials Describe Conditions in Indo-Pacific

In this file, soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division conduct a capability brief of U.S. weapons, communication equipment and vehicles to the Indonesian 431st Para Raider Battalion on the first day of training in Hawaii during the 2020 Indonesia Platoon Exchange on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii on November 16, 2020.
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Semper Venandi: Osan Advances the Hunt

Members of the 73rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron Detachment 2 pose for a group photo after an activation ceremony at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 5, 2020. The ceremony was held to mark the deactivation of the 18th and activation of the 73rd ISRS detachment 2 as part of the U.S. Space Force.
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Airmen Learn Contested Coastal Rescue Skills

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dakota Dennis, 55th Rescue Squadron special missions aviator, reloads a gun on an HH-60G Pave Hawk II on the Coronado Islands, California, Nov. 4, 2020. The 55th RQS completed contested maritime training, to include shooting moving targets at low altitudes, to improve weapons tactics in contentious coastal areas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kaitlyn J. Ergish)
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Kadena fighters, maintainers

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Joel L. Carey, 18th Wing commander, greets members who return from a deployment to U.S. Central Command Oct. 6, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. While deployed to the CENTCOM area of operations, Airmen conducted more than 1,000 sorties and 5,300 combat hours, which drove 13 phase inspections in six months. They’ll share the skills they learned in combat with Team Kadena, joint partners and allies to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific
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JSTARS Shine at Kadena Air Base

5th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System team members work together to remove outer engine components of an E-8C Joint STARS aircraft at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 24, 2020. The Air National Guard and active duty members from Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, are on three-month rotations to work with the 5th EACCS on KAB to promote total force integration and joint interoperability.
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Unforgotten Heroes: Osan honors POW/MIA Day

Colonel John Gonzales, 51st Fighter Wing commander, provides remarks during a POW/MIA Recognition ceremony at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 16, 2020. The POW/MIA Recognition Day serves as a symbol of the nation’s concern and commitment to resolving the fates of prisoners, missing, or those unaccounted for following World War II and the conflicts that followed.
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US demonstrates airpower in Indo-Pacific region with simultaneous bomber missions

U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Japan Air Self Defense Force aircraft conduct a large-scale joint and bilateral integration training exercise Aug. 18, 2020. Four B-1B Lancers, two B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers, and four F-15C Eagles conducted Bomber Task Force missions simultaneously within the Indo-Pacific region over the course of 24 hours. Pacific Air Forces routinely conducts BTF operations to show the United States’ commitment to allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.
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Borwn Succeeds Goldfein as Air Force Chief of Staff

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper speaks at a cermony in which Air Force General Charles Q. Brown Jr. Succeeds Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein as the Air Force chief of staff at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Aug. 6, 2020.
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​Virtual First Term Airmen Course

The newest First Term Airmen Course students listen to a virtual brief given by the 18th Wing Base Historian William McEvoy, Aug. 5, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Incoming Airmen are required to attend the First Term Airmen Course at their first assignment location.
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BPHH supports first Indo-Pacific aeromedical evacuation mission for COVID-19

A 60th Air Mobility Wing C-17 from Travis Air Force Base, California, support a Transport Isolation System operation at Joint Base Pearl-Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, July 17, 2020. A team of Airmen from several commands rapidly executed a Transport Isolation System in support of a COVID-19 bio-containment aeromedical evacuation mission. This is the first time the TIS was utilized in the Indo-Pacific area of operations. The TIS is an infectious disease containment unit designed to minimize contamination risk to aircrew and medical attendants, while allowing in-flight medical care for patients afflicted by a disease.
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Changes in Tech, Strategy Drive Missile Defense

South Korean service members fold a flag over a box containing the remains of a service member during a repatriation ceremony hosted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 23, 2020. The purpose of the ceremony was to transfer the remains and commemorate the service of 147 fallen South Korean soldiers who fought alongside U.S. and United Nations forces during the Korean War. The efforts to return the remains are a part of the DPAA Korean War Identification Project, and includes remains unilaterally turned over by North Korea from 1990 to 1994, and in 2018. The remains were analyzed jointly by the DPAA laboratory and scientists with the Republic of Korea's Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification (MAKRI). Working cooperatively, they concluded that the 147 individual remains are of South Korean origin, though the remains haven’t been individually identified. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank)
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Team Hickam supports NASA’s Human Space Flight Program

U.S. Air Force Pararescue Airmen prepare for NASA’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 26, 2020. In preparation for the historic launch of a manned crew into space, several units from Team Hickam assisted the deployment of U.S. Air Force Guardian Angel Pararescue forces from the 58th Rescue Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada as part of Task Force 45, facilitated by 45th Operations Group, Detachment 3, Human Space Flight Support located at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.
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Top Enlisted Leaders Answer Questions on Stop-Move Process

Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Ramón "CZ" Colón-López and Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jason L. France, senior enlisted leader for the U.S. Transportation Command, provide an update on PCS moves and safety measures being taken to protect service members and families in light of COVID-19 during a town hall for service members and their families, May 14, 2020. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders)
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B-1s Conduct South China Sea Mission, Demonstrates Global Presence

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, to refuel during a 34-hour round-trip sortie to conduct operations over the Pacific as part of a joint U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission April 30, 2020. This operation demonstrates the U.S. Air Force’s dynamic force employment model in line with the National Defense Strategy’s objectives of strategic predictability with persistent bomber presence, assuring allies and partners.
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DOD Plans for Resumption of Normal Operations After Pandemic

Jonathan Rath Hoffman, assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs, holds a news conference on COVID-19 efforts at the Pentagon, April 24, 2020.
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Kadena 3D Prints Shields in COVID-19 Fight

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Adrian Gonzalez and Airman 1st Class Cyrus Bartony, from the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, work together to 3D print a face shield April 9, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Gonzalez and Bartony are the 3D print programmers that helped design the models to print personal protective equipment during COVID-19.
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