JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Pacific Air Forces will host the biennial Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium at Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 12-15, 2026. ...

GWANGJU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea — The 31st Air Task Force was redesignated the 31st Air Expeditionary Wing and tasked with executing operational command and control to project platform-agnostic air power during exercise Freedom Flag 26-1...

CAMP AGUINALDO, Philippines — Philippine, U.S., Japanese, and Canadian forces integrated land, sea and air platforms to sense, strike and destroy two decommissioned ships off the western coast of Northern Luzon during Balikatan 2026, May 6-7...

CAMP AGUINALDO, Philippines — Members of the United States Space Force participated in Exercise Balikatan 2026 and integrated into the Joint Task Force, marking a significant milestone for the service and advancing the integration of space capabilities into one of the Indo-Pacific region’s largest...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) — Air Force F-22 Raptors arrived at Kadena Air Base, Japan, for a rotation designed to strengthen regional interoperability and maintain a persistent, high-tech presence in the Indo-Pacific...

BALABAC ISLAND, Philippines — U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 26, a now-certified Special‑Purpose Marine Air‑Ground Task Force assigned to rotational deployments in the South Pacific, participated in a live-fire assault to secure and hold Balabac Airfield in a demonstration of...

CAMP AGUINALDO, Philippines — Philippine, U.S., Australian, and Japanese service members conducted Maritime Key Terrain Security Operations across the Philippine archipelago as part of Exercise Balikatan 2026, from April 20 to May 5...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea — March 14 to April 19, 2026, Marine Wing Support Squadron 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, validated its ability to project power and integrate with allied forces in the Indo-Pacific. The squadron...

LAOAG, Philippines — More than 800 service members from the Philippines, United States, Japan, and Canada successfully synchronized sensors and fires across air, land, and maritime domains in a defensive counter-landing live-fire event as part of Exercise Balikatan 2026, May 4...

WESTERN PHILIPPINE SEA — Members of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 and Task Force Ashland, composed of Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) and embarked Marines from the I Marine Expeditionary Force, completed the Multilateral Maritime Event portion of Exercise...