Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific Misc 

Yokota Air Base Conducts 17-Aircraft Elephant Walk

May 24, 2020May 24, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Elephant walk, Japan, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, Yokota Air Base

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has conducted a massive 17-aircraft elephant walk at the Yokota Air Base, Japan during a

Read more

Air Asia-Pacific 

China’s AR500C Unmanned Helicopter Makes Maiden Flight

May 24, 2020May 24, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments AR500C unmanned helicopter, China, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), Unmanned Helicopter

China’s new AR500C unmanned helicopter has made its maiden flight in Poyang in East China’s Jiangxi Province on May 20.

Read more

Asia-Pacific Naval 

U.S. 7th Fleet Flagship USS Blue Ridge Arrives in Okinawa for Limited Port Call

May 24, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Japan, U.S. 7th Fleet, U.S. Navy (USN), U.S. Navy Commander Fleet Activities Okinawa (CFAO), USA, USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), White Beach Naval Facility

The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff pulled into Okinawa, on May

Read more

Asia-Pacific Naval 

Philippine Navy’s First Missile Frigate BRP Jose Rizal Arrives in Subic

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150), Frigate, Jose Rizal-class frigate, Philippine Navy, Philippines

The Philippine Navy’s first missile-capable frigate BRP Jose Rizal (FF150) arrived in Subic, Zambales on May 23 after its five-day

Read more

Air Asia-Pacific 

Two Russian Navy Tu-142M3 Long-Range ASW Aircraft Conduct 12-Hour Mission Over Pacific Ocean

May 23, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Pacific Ocean, Russia, Russian Navy, Tupolev Tu-142

A pair of Russian Navy Tu-142M3 long-range anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft conducted a planned flight over the neutral waters of

Read more

Asia-Pacific Misc 

Singapore Armed Forces to Resume Basic Military Training

May 22, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Basic Military Training (BMT) Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)

The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will resume Basic Military Training (BMT) for two batches of recruits whose training was suspended

Read more

Asia-Pacific Deployments 

U.S. Marine Corps Resuming Annual Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) in Australia

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Australia, Marine Rotational Force- Darwin (MRF-D), U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific is resuming the deployment of Marines and Sailors in support of the annual Marine Rotational

Read more

Asia-Pacific Space 

Indian Astronauts Resume Training in Russia

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), Glavkosmos, Human spaceflight, India, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Roscosmos, Russia

Russia’s Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) on May 12 resumed training of the Indian cosmonauts (astronauts) under

Read more

Air Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers Complete 24-Hour Sprint from Guam to Train in Alaska, Japan

May 22, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Alaska, Japan, Rockwell B-1B Lancer, Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer strategic bombers flew from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam and conducted training in

Read more

Air Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Air Force B-1B Bomber Conducts Mission to Sea of ​​Okhotsk Near Russia

May 22, 2020May 23, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Rockwell B-1B Lancer, Russia, Sea of ​​Okhotsk, Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer supersonic strategic bomber has conducted a mission to the Sea of ​​Okhotsk near Russia

Read more