"Our RED FLAG exercise is different than Nellis' mostly due to terrain and space available."
PACFLEET is focused on shaping a more effective force, one which can operate over an extended battlespace.
The B provides significant strategic advantages to having to rely on fixed airfields, as is being discovered by the USAF operating off of Turkish airfields.
A major shift is underway as well with the Navy and Marine Corps looking to distribute forces over the Pacific.
Deputy MARFORPAC highlighted USMC and USN efforts in their evolving approach to shaping a coalition among amphibious nations in the Pacific.
PACFLEET’s Director of Maritime Operations provides an overview on the way ahead.
The Indian fighter deal is in flux again.
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