B-2 Spirit bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, deployed to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, in support of U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission. BTF aircraft regularly support missions in the Indo-Pacific region integrating capabilities with key regional partners in order to maintain a high state of aircrew proficiency.
US Army and Slovenia Armed Forces multinational training event consisting of Crew Served Weapons Qualification and Platoon Live Exercises.
Patrick M. Shanahan became the Acting Secretary of Defense on January 1, 2019. Prior to this assignment, he served as the 33rd Deputy Secretary of Defense, appointed on July 19, 2017. The Washington state native holds two advanced degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and spent more than 30 years at Boeing, where he led programs for commercial planes, missile defense systems...
US Army and Slovenia Armed Forces multinational training event consisting of Crew Served Weapons Qualification, Logistics Base Defense Collective Live Fire, Raven SUAS training, and Medical Evacuation (Ground and Air) training.
Exercise Cobra Gold is a recurring multinational and multiservice exercise hosted annually by the Kingdom of Thailand and developed by the Thai and U.S. militaries, scheduled to be held throughout Thailand. Cobra Gold 2019 is designed to advance regional security by exercising a robust multinational force from nations sharing common goals and security commitments in the Asia-Pacific region.
Exercise COPE NORTH 2019 is an annual Pacific Air Forces tri-lateral Field Training Exercise with participants from the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Japan Air Self-Defense Force , and Royal Australian Air Force conducted primarily at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Participating air forces will conduct a tri-lateral to improve combat readiness, develop synergistic humanitarian assistance...
The U.S. Air Force will lead exercise Astral Knight 19, scheduled to take place in the beginning on June, primarily taking place at Aviano Air Base, Italy, and other locations in Croatia, Germany, and Slovenia. Astral Knight 2019 is a joint and multinational exercise that will involve airmen, soldiers and sailors from the United States and airmen from Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia. The exercise...
Flintlock 2019 is U.S. Africa Command's premier special operations forces exercise. The exercise strengthens security institutions, promotes multilateral sharing of information, and develops interoperability among the partner nations of the Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Partnership. Approximately 1,500 personnel from more than 25 African and western nations are set to participate in this...
