COPE North is a multilateral U.S. Pacific Air Forces-sponsored field training exercise conducted annually at Andersen AFB, Guam. The exercise focuses on combat air forces large force employment and mobility air forces humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training to enhance interoperability among U.S., Australian and Japanese forces. CN19 is scheduled from Feb. 18 to March 8, 2019.
U.S. Pacific Command, through coordination with the United States and Government of the Philippines, stood up the initial Air Contingent at Clark Air Base (AB), April 16, 2016, to help build the capacity of the Philippine Air Force in order to address local and regional security concerns. The Air Contingent increases joint training, promotes interoperability and provides greater and more...
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.
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...
