Pentagon shifts focus to the first island chain, strengthening U.S. Pacific defenses and military partnerships with Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.
A French A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport Phénix refueled U.S. and U.K. RC-135 aircraft during a historic exercise over central France, marking the first air-to-air refueling integration among the United States, United Kingdom and France within the RC-135 enterprise.
Florida National Guardsmen trained alongside the 82nd Airborne Division during a Joint Readiness Training Center rotation, marking the first time a guard unit has integrated into such a rotation under the new minuteman rotation concept.