Japan

Air Asia-Pacific Naval 

Japanese, Australian, and U.S. Assets Conducted 900 Hours of Searching for Marines Involved in F/A-18 & KC-130 Aviation Mishap

December 11, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Australia, Boeing F/A-18 Hornet, Japan, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), KC-130J Super Hercules, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA

The Japanese, Australian, and U.S. assets have conducted approximately 900 hours of searching for the five missing U.S. Marines involved in

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Asia-Pacific Military Exercises 

USMC, JGSDF Personnel Begin Semi-Annual Bilateral Exercise Forest Light 19.1 in Japan

December 11, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Exercise Forest Light, Japan, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), Military exercise, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA

Approximately 260 Okinawa-based U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel will begin the semi-annual bilateral exercise Forest

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Air Americas 

U.S. Marine Corps Declares Remaining Marines Involved in F/A-18 & KC-130 Aviation Mishap Deceased

December 11, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Boeing F/A-18 Hornet, Japan, KC-130J Super Hercules, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA

The U.S. Marine Corps has pronounced the five remaining Marines involved in the F/A-18 and KC-130 aviation mishap deceased. The

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Asia-Pacific Misc 

Search and Rescue Operations Continue for U.S. Marines off the Coast of Japan

December 10, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Boeing F/A-18 Hornet, Japan, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Lockheed KC-130 Hercules, U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA

The search and rescue operations continue for the remaining five U.S. Marines who were aboard the KC-130 Hercules and F/A-18

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Air Asia-Pacific 

Boeing Wins $159M Modification for Japan’s Second KC-46A Pegasus Tanker Aircraft

December 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aerial refueling, Boeing, Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), USA

Boeing Co. has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract modification, worth around $159 million, for Japan’s second KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling

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Air Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 and KC-130 Aircraft Crash During Midair Refueling off Japan

December 6, 2018December 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Aerial refueling, Boeing F/A-18 Hornet, Fighter aircraft, Japan, KC-130J Super Hercules, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni (MCASI), U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA

A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet fighter jet and a KC-130J Hercules tanker aircraft have crashed during a midair refueling

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

Ronald Reagan Strike Group Conducts Cooperative Deployment Alongside JMSDF in Philippine Sea

December 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aircraft Carrier, Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer, Japan, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), JS Hyūga (DDH-181), Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)

The U.S. Navy’s Ronald Reagan Strike Group and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH

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Americas Asia-Pacific Naval 

U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Barry Completes Dry Dock Period in Japan

December 3, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Arleigh Burke-class DDG, Drydock Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA), Guided-missile destroyer (DDG), Japan, U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, U.S. Navy (USN), U.S. SRF-JRMC Yokosuka, USA, USS Barry (DDG-52)

The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) left the dry dock at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan,

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Asia-Pacific Deployments 

Australia to Deploy P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft to Japan to Enforce UNSC Resolutions on North Korea

November 30, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Australia, Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Japan, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), North Korea, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), United Nations (UN)

Australia will deploy a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Japan next week to conduct maritime surveillance in support of

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Asia-Pacific Industry 

GA-ASI Establishing Industrial Collaboration in Japan

November 30, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments General Atomics, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI), General Atomics MQ-9B Guardian, Japan, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), the leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, is seeking to establish relationships

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