19 June 2015 Kunsan surge operations generate 350 sorties The 8th Fighter Wing tested its flying and maintenance operations during Surge Week here June 15-18.F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots from the 35th Fighter Squadron "Pantons," 80th FS "Juvats" and the 175th FS "Lobos," deployed here from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, flew together generating over 350 sorties...
19 June 2015 Green Bay Recovers Distressed Mariners in Makassar Strait Amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) rendered assistance to distressed mariners in the waters between the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan and Sulawesi June 19. Shipboard lookouts first spotted the distressed mariners waving a black flag approximately 3 to 5 nautical miles from the...
19 June 2015 Kiribati Phase of Pacific Partnership Mission Completed Task Force Forager embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) wrapped up its first visit of Pacific Partnership 2015 with a closing reception June 17.While only in the Republic of Kiribati for 15 days, the crew made a significant impact on the...
19 June 2015 Mercy Completes First Pacific Partnership Mission Stop in Fiji The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) left the shores of Fiji June 19, to continue its Pacific Partnership 2015 mission after working alongside Fijian military, government and health professionals treating thousands of patients, conducting public health engagements and constructing new school...
17 March 2015 PACOM Joint Intelligence Operations Center Honors Fallen Marine Family and service members of Joint IntelligenceOperations Center (JIOC), U.S. Pacific Command, gathered at the U.S. PacificFleet complex March 12 for a memorial service to honor the life and sacrificeof a fallen Marine.Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Allan Borchers was killed March12, 1990, while on sentry duty...