USS Higgins Comes Home After Successful Deployment
Higgins’ return marks the end of a six-month patrol that began in May and took the ship and crew from the northern Pacific Ocean to the South China Sea and back.
Asia
Sophisticated Unmanned Drone Race Continues As China Flaunts Its Latest ‘Drone Blaster’ Platform
China recently flaunted its latest UAV drone swarm launcher ahead of its high-anticipated Zhuhai Air Show 2022 via state-owned media CCTV.
Indonesia Faces Budget Dilemma With F-15, KF-21, Rafale
Indonesian Air Force faces a budget dilemma in modernizing its fleet with fighter jet acquisition, including KF-21s, F-15s, and Rafales.
Check Out Wolf Pack’s Air Power Demonstration During Vigilant Storm 23
The 8th Fighter Wing participated in the Pacific Air Forces command‘s annual Combined Flying Training Event, VIGILANT STORM 23, at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 31 – Nov. 5, 2022.
SITREP: Putin Recalls ‘Hiroshima’ as a Way to End a War, US Calls for Kyiv to Ease on Negotiations
Putin has rallied Russians yet again on how powerful a potential nuclear strike could be if Ukraine will not back down during his discourse with French President Emmanuel Macron.
North Korea Launches Missiles Near Neighbors in Possible Run Up to Nuclear Weapons Test
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, not happy with US-led war games in his backyard, is ratcheting up tension in the region by launching multiple missiles toward his neighbors. All of this is in a possible run-up to the testing of a nuclear weapon.
North Korea Joins the Fight by Supplying Russia With Weapons
Kim Jong-un has been providing weapons to Russian President Vladimir Putin for use in his illegal war against Russia.
Air Force Sends A-10s to Guam in Dynamic Force Deployment
The U.S. Air Force has deployed a squadron of A-10s to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam during a routine Dynamic Force Employment Operation. These A-10s are from the 23rd Expeditionary Wing at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia. Dynamic Force Employment is a strategy of introducing unpredictability into the deployment of US forces oversea for […]
The Pic of the Day: Ie Shima HIMARS Training in Japan
A U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket System with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, exits a hide before a simulated fire mission while training at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 21, 2022.
Wounded Soldier celebrates 25th birthday in Vietnam
Abrams became a Soldier and he left for Vietnam on Thanksgiving Day 1967. The private arrived in Chu Lai as a member of 1st Platoon, Delta Company, 196th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division.
The Story of 1st Lt. Cochrane Killed by Viet Cong Sniper
On 24 October 1966, 1st Lt. John F. Cochrane of the 409th Radio Research Detachment (RRD), 303d Radio Research Battalion, was killed by a Viet Cong sniper while looking for a suitable site to set up a PRD-1 direction finder. He was one of two battlefield losses within the detachment.
Kim Jong-un Looks Forward For “Beautiful Future” with China As Xi Jinping Wins Third Term
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un congratulates Chinese President Xi Jinping on his reappointment; hopes to a “beautiful future” as allies
