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U.S. Air Force's F-35A Lightning II scheduled for first operational deployment to Indo-Asia-Pacific
October 23, 2017 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Approximately 300 Airmen and 12 F-35A Lightning IIs from Hill Air Force Base, Utah’s 34th Fighter Squadron are set to deploy to Kadena Air Base, Japan for a... MORE

U.S. Bombers, Fighters Fly in International Airspace East of North Korea
September 23, 2017 — Earlier today, U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers from Guam, along with U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter escorts from Okinawa, Japan, flew in international airspace over waters east of North... MORE

U.S. Air Force executes paradrop training at Kadena to maintain readiness for defense of Japan
September 21, 2017 — KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Sixteen U.S. service members completed daytime paradrop training at Kadena Air Base’s Ridout drop zone today in order to maintain critical readiness requirements for the... MORE

2017 Overseas Housing Allowance Survey Guidance
September 19, 2017 — YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan –The Department of Defense is encouraging maximum participation from all members stationed overseas in completing the 2017 Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA) Utility and Move-In... MORE

Readout of Secretary Mattis' Call with Japan Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera
September 19, 2017 — Secretary of Defense James Mattis spoke by phone with his Japanese counterpart Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera on the evening of 14 September following the latest North Korean missile launch. ... MORE

U.S. Pacific Command's statement on latest North Korea Missile Launch
September 14, 2017 — Update #1: Statement from Commander, U.S. Forces Japan, Lt. Gen. Jerry P. Martinez "Our alliance with Japan is stronger than it has ever been. Our ability to work alongside our Japanese partners... MORE

RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION INTO MV-22 MISHAP
September 11, 2017 — On September 11, 2017, III Marine Expeditionary Force released the findings of the aircraft mishap command investigation for the December 13, 2016, intentional water landing of an MV-22 Osprey off the... MORE

U.S. fifth generation fighters, strategic bombers conduct show of force with allies in response to North Korea missile launch
August 31, 2017 — Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii – The United States’ newest and most advanced fighter, the U.S. Marine Corps’ F-35B Lightning II, joined U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers for the first time in a sequenced... MORE

Statement from the USFJ Commander: Lt. Gen. Jerry Martinez
August 30, 2017 — YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan - People across northern Japan were woken two days ago by alarms warning of a North Korean missile flying overhead. The launch was the latest in a series of reckless... MORE

JASDF to conduct PAC-3 training at U.S. installations in Japan
August 24, 2017 — The Japan Air Self Defense Force will temporarily deploy Patriot missile batteries to several U.S. installations in Japan beginning Aug. 29, 2017, to practice and refine their ability to rapidly... MORE

U.S. Navy identifies 1 dead and 9 missing USS John S. McCain Sailors as search and rescue efforts suspended
August 24, 2017 — After more than 80 hours of multinational search efforts, the U.S. Navy suspended search and rescue efforts for missing USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) Sailors in an approximately 2,100-square mile area... MORE

USFJ commander's statement on the USS John S McCain
August 21, 2017 — ... MORE

USS John S. McCain collides with merchant ship near Strait of Malacca
August 20, 2017 — The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore on Aug. 21. There... MORE

Northern Viper kicks off for the first time ever
August 14, 2017 — For the first time, more than 2,000 U.S. Marines joined with approximately 1,500 service members with the Japan Self-Defense Force to support the first iteration of Exercise Northern Viper 2017, at... MORE

USFJ Commander: We are, and must remain, ready to defend Japan
August 10, 2017 — A statement from the Commander on continued operations in Japan... MORE

III MEF Commander's Update on MV-22 Mishap
August 9, 2017 — MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan – The following is a statement from Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force, on the 5 August MV-22 mishap:... MORE

MARINE CORPS IDENTIFIES NAMES OF DECEASED MARINES IN MV-22 OSPREY MISHAP
August 7, 2017 — Three U.S. Marines have been declared deceased subsequent to extensive search and rescue efforts when an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft entered the water approximately 18 miles off the coast of the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, the evening of August 5... MORE

United States Returns 4 Hectares of Land Near MCAS Futenma
August 2, 2017 — On August 1, based on prior agreement, the United States returned 4 hectares of land on the east side of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma parallel to Highway 11... MORE

U.S. B-1 bombers conduct bilateral missions with allies in response to North Korea ICBM launch
July 30, 2017 — In response to North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear programs and as a part of the continuing demonstration of ironclad U.S. commitment to our allies, two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers under the... MORE

U.S. B-1B Lancer Flights Demonstrate Ironclad Commitment to South Korea, Japan
July 11, 2017 — As part of the continuing demonstration of the ironclad U.S. commitment to our allies against the growing threat from North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs, two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam conducted a 10-hour sequenced bilateral mission with South Korean and Japanese fighter jets, July 7... MORE

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