Japan

Last month, the United States’ ongoing efforts to dissuade North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un from continued pursuit of nuclear arms and advanced ballistic missile platforms expanded to include a massive show of force in the Pacific Ocean.  Three Nimitz class aircraft carriers and their accompanying strike groups met off the coast of the […]

On Tuesday, a window out of a Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion fell from the skies above a Japanese elementary school.  One 10-year-old boy playing in the nearby sports field suffered minor injuries. Many Japanese residents have grown increasingly frustrated with a slew of U.S. military incidents in their country, including aircraft failures and violent […]

The Chinese continued to act more aggressively in the Pacific, the latest bellicose move by Beijing was a series of military exercises in the Western Pacific in what Chinese officials described as “island encirclement patrols” over Taiwan by their air forces. These latest drills came just a week after a spokesperson for the People’s Liberation […]

An F-35 stealth aircraft suffered the loss of a two foot panel during a training mission recently near Okinawa. The panel, which was 12 inches by 24 inches, fell from the F-35A Lightning II on Thursday about 65 miles east of Okinawa. It was “most likely lost over the ocean,” according to a late Monday news release from 18th Wing Public […]

Air Force Capt. Kyle Schneider, a C-130J Super Hercules pilot, flies near Mount Fuji while returning to Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec., 1, 2017, following a mission. Schneider is assigned to the 40th Airlift Squadron. – US Department of Defense Air Force photo by Senior Airman Donald Hudson

Today marks the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor that would propel the United States into the largest conflict ever seen on the face of the planet.  On this date in 1941, a surprise attack carried out by the Japanese on American naval assets in Hawaii led to the death of over 2,000 American […]

An F-35 stealth aircraft suffered the loss of a two foot panel during a training mission recently near Okinawa. The panel, which was 12 inches by 24 inches, fell from the F-35A Lightning II on Thursday about 65 miles east of Okinawa. It was “most likely lost over the ocean,” according to a late Monday news release from 18th […]

With the unveiling of North Korea’s latest, and most powerful, intercontinental ballistic missile to date, the Hwasong-15, experts now seem convinced that Kim’s regime possesses the ability to at least reach targets as far away as America’s east coast.  Although questions remain as to the platform’s ability to survive reentry, as well as the targeting […]

A young girl runs to greet her family after the arrival of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115, VFA-195 and Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141 at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan. VFA-115, VFA-195 and VAQ 141 arrived at MCAS Iwakuni as part Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5’s relocation from Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi, […]

Pakistan, Nepal and Myanmar have canceled nearly $20 billion of hydroelectricity contracts with the same Chinese company, the Gezhouba Water and Power Group. This is a huge setback for the Chinese trade linking project, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which involves global infrastructure. This may represent a larger rejection of China’s economic imperialism in Asia. […]

A Marine descends from an MV-22B Osprey during training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 28, 2017.” Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez   This article is courtesy of Fighter Sweep.

A Marine descends from an MV-22B Osprey during training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 28, 2017. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez