Story by Tech. Sgt. Jimmie Pike | Pacific Air Forces | 08.16.2024
A Bomber Task Force deployment of U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, Airmen and support equipment from the 509th Bomb Wing and 131st BW, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, has began at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Australia, Aug. 16, 2024....
Story by Lauren Laughlin | Naval Submarine School | 07.29.2024
GROTON, Conn. – In a first for the AUKUS trilateral enhanced security partnership, a group of Royal Australian Navy (RAN) enlisted sailors has graduated from the United States Navy’s Basic Enlisted Submarine School (BESS). The sailors all graduated with distinction with one of them being named the Honor Graduate for scoring a 100% in the class. The graduation marks a significant milestone......
Story by 1st Lt. Alyssa Letts | Pacific Air Forces | 07.18.2024
With the soft light of dawn illuminating the vast Northern Territory of Australia, the gentle rustle of eucalyptus leaves in the warm breeze, and the distant calls of kookaburras breaking the calm silence, another morning at Exercise Pitch Black 24 begins....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Jimmie Pike | Pacific Air Forces | 07.14.2024
Exercise Pitch Black 2024, the largest iteration of the Royal Australian Air Force's premiere biennial flying exercise, officially opened on July 12 in Darwin, Australia during a ceremony held at the Darwin Convention Center attended by service members from multiple countries....
Story by Andrea Chaney | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | 06.28.2024
Members of The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) attended the Global Health Security Conference (GHSC) from June 18th - June 21st, 2024 in Sydney, Australia to discuss with other international organizations on how to collectively address biosafety, biosecurity and biosurveillance measures to create a safer world for everyone....
Story by Lauren Laughlin | Naval Submarine School | 06.12.2024
By U.S. Naval Submarine School Public Affairs and AUKUS Integration and Acquisition Program Office GROTON, Conn.--The U.S. Naval Submarine School in Groton welcomed its first cadre of nine enlisted sailors and the second cadre of three officers from the Royal Australian Navy on June 3rd and 10th respectively. These 12 Australians will train alongside their American counterparts to operate......
Story by Staff Sgt. Adam Shanks | Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs | 05.10.2024
U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman underscored the importance of the U.S.-Australia strategic partnership during the Royal Australian Air Force’s 2024 Air and Space Power Conference in Canberra, May 9....
Story by Krista Cummins | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific | 05.08.2024
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded two firm-fixed price contracts totaling $24.2 million to CC Pines Pty Ltd of Oxford Falls, Australia, for the construction of United States Air Force Squadron Operations Facilities at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Bases in Darwin and Tindal, Australia....
