THAAD Soldiers Train on Guam

04/07/2018
Soldiers from Task Force Talon, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command hone their Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or (THAAD) skills during a pallet de-configuration and reconfiguration training exercise on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Oct. 26, 2017.  The training allows the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command…

F-35As Arrive in Japan

11/21/2017
11/21/17: A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II soars over Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 2, 2017, on approach to Kadena Air Base, Japan. [maxgallery id="102799"] This marks U.S. Pacific Command’s first operational tasking for the F-35As and the first time a U.S. Air Force F-35A unit has deployed as a regularly…

Australian Minister of Defense Visit To PACOM

09/25/2017
09/25/2017: Monday Sep. 18, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) Adm. Harry Harris met with Australian Minister of Defence Marise Payne, at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. Adm. Harris welcomed the Minister’s first visit to PACOM headquarters. During Adm. Harris’ most recent trip to Australia last June, he participated with Minister Payne in…

Of course I got the Hell Shot Out of Me. But it Didn’t Kill Me: Naming a new US Navy Destroyer

07/17/2017
2017-07-17: Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific Command, speaks to an audience attending the commissioning of the newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS John Finn, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 15, 2017. The ship is named for Navy Lt. John W. Finn, the first Medal of Honor…

Tailsman Sabre 2017 is Underway

07/17/2017
2017-07-17 The Tailsman Sabre exercise is a biennial military training exercise between the US and Australia held in Australia. According to an article published on the Commander, US Pacific Fleet website and dated June 28, 2017: FORT Shafter, Hawaii - More than 33,000 U.S. and Australian personnel will participate in the…

B-1s Deploy to the Pacific for Maritime Missions

10/20/2016
10/20/2016: B-1B Lancers from the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, are participating in Exercise Valiant Shield for the first time. The B-1B aircraft are operating in the U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility for the first time in a decade after serving a critical role…

Continued Progress on Missile Defense

05/26/2016
05/26/2016: The Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a flight test involving the launch of a medium-range ballistic missile target from the Pacific Missile Range Facility located on Kauai, Hawaii. The flight test, designated Flight Test Other-21 (FTX-21),…

Multi-Mission Warfare (MMW) Events 1-4

08/16/2015
08/16/2015: The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a series of four flight test events exercising the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) element of the nation's Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). The flight test, designated…