26 April 2023 U.S., Philippine Air Forces to Conduct Cope Thunder, First Since 1990 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Cope Thunder - Philippines 23-1, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise, is scheduled to begin May 1 with primary flight operations over Clark Air Force Base, Philippines, and is scheduled to run through May 12. Cope Thunder Philippines is designed to...
26 April 2023 Readout: Pacific Fleet Commander's Travel to Japan, April 20-21 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited Japan, April 20-21, 2023, to reaffirm the U.S.-Japan Alliance as the cornerstone of security in the Indo-Pacific.Paparo met with senior Japanese officials to discuss the increasing security challenge in the...
26 April 2023 Army Medal of Honor Recipient and Korean War Veteran Remains Identified WASHINGTON -- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has positively identified the remains of Army Corporal Luther H. Story, a Medal of Honor recipient from Buena Vista, Georgia, who was killed in action while serving with Alpha Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division during the Korean...
26 April 2023 American, South Korean Nuclear Teams Improve Interoperability on Korean Peninsula SEOUL, South Korea -- Highly specialized nuclear teams from the United States and South Korea strengthened their interoperability during NDT-NCT Partnership VIII on the Korean Peninsula, March 20 – 24.U.S. Army Nuclear Disablement Teams (NDT) trained with their Republic of Korea (ROK) counterparts...