Pacific Ocean

Asia-Pacific Misc 

New Zealand Defence Force Resumes Aerial Patrols Over Niue And Cook Islands Waters

June 26, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Cook Islands, Lockheed P-3 Orion, New Zealand, New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), Niue, Pacific Ocean

The New Zealand Defence Force is working with the National Maritime Coordination Centre and Pacific partners to resume aerial patrols

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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

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Naval Americas 

U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Departs for Eastern Pacific

May 8, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Aircraft Carrier, NAS North Island, Nimitz-class CVN, Pacific Ocean, U.S. 3rd Fleet, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) departed Naval Air Station North Island on May 7 for

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Naval Americas 

Three Sailors Aboard U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt Test Positive for COVID-19

March 25, 2020 Arun Mathew 5 Comments Aircraft Carrier, Coronavirus, Nimitz-class CVN, Pacific Ocean, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

Three sailors aboard the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) currently underway in the Pacific Ocean were

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Air Asia-Pacific Deployments 

U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft Arrives in Guam for Initial Pacific Deployment

January 27, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Guam, Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton, Pacific Ocean, Surveillance aircraft, U.S. 7th Fleet, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USN Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19)

The U.S. Navy’s first MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have arrived in Guam for their initial deployment in the

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Americas Naval 

U.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs and USS America Conduct Routine Training in Pacific

October 25, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Amphibious assault ship, F-35B Lightning II, Pacific Ocean, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Navy (USN), USS America (LHA-6)

Approximately one dozen, fully-operational F-35B Lightning IIs embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) Oct. 8 during

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Americas Weapons 

B-52 Stratofortress Conducts Operational Demonstration of Quickstrike-ER (QS-ER) Naval Mine Project in Pacific Ocean

June 1, 2019June 1, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air-laid mines, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, GBU-62B Quickstrike-ER, Naval mine, Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands (PMRF), Pacific Ocean, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), USA

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber conducted an operational demonstration of the Quickstrike-ER (QS-ER) Naval mine project in

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Asia-Pacific Misc 

CNMI, U.S. DoD Signs 40-Year Lease Agreement for U.S. Air Force’s Divert Airfield on Tinian Island

May 14, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean, Tinian Island, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The Commonwealth Ports Authority, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) government and the U.S. Department of Defense finalized and signed

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Air Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Navy Concludes Support to Search and Recovery Efforts for Crashed Japanese F-35A Aircraft

May 11, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, CURV-21, F-35A Lightning II, Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Pacific Ocean, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

A U.S. Navy salvage team aboard a contracted vessel completed its mission supporting search and recovery operations with the Japan

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Air Asia-Pacific 

Japan Recovers Debris of Flight Data Recorder From Crashed F-35 Stealth Fighter Aircraft

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, F-35A Lightning II, Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Pacific Ocean

Japan said on Tuesday that it had recovered debris of the flight data recorder from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force

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