30 March 2023 Alaska Army National Guard ‘First Scouts’ Awarded State’s Highest Heroism Medal for 1955 Rescue GAMBELL (ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND), Alaska – On June 22, 1955, two Russian MiG-15s from Siberia shot down a U.S. Navy P2V-5 Neptune plane flying a routine maritime patrol from Kodiak out over the Bering Sea. After it crashed in flames on St. Lawrence Island, 16 Alaska National Guardsmen from the First...
30 March 2023 Space Development Agency to Launch 10 Satellites WASHINGTON -- The first 10 of 28 satellites which make up Tranche 0 of the "Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture," are set to launch tomorrow morning out of Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.The Space Development Agency is responsible for the launch and for development of the...
29 March 2023 US Air Force Participates in Civic Action Engagement Alongside Royal Thai Air Force, Republic of Singapore Air Force during Exercise Cope Tiger 23 KORAT, Kingdom of Thailand -- Airmen from the United States, Thailand and Singapore visited a local school as part of a combined civic action engagement during Exercise Cope Tiger 2023.The Airmen took a break from their training during the exercise, which aims to enhance readiness, interoperability...
29 March 2023 U.S. Naval Ship Matthew Perry Returns to Indo-Pacific Waters After Voyage Repair in India CHENNAI, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- USNS Matthew Perry, a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy, has successfully completed maintenance and repair work at Larsen & Toubro Ltd’s facility in Kattupalli near Chennai, commonly known as L&T shipyard, from March 11 to...
29 March 2023 Competition With China Drives FY 2024 Budget Request WASHINGTON -- The $842 billion fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Defense Department is driven in large part by strategic competition with China, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said.The budget also focuses, he said Tuesday, on furthering the department's three priorities: defending of...