A multinational group of sailors and airmen in the Western Pacific diverted from their training recently for a real-life rescue of 11 mariners stranded on a disabled vessel near the Northern Marianas.
The slow-moving Pacific cyclone brought strong winds to the American territory on Wednesday. Most of the island was without electricity, and a flash flood warning was in effect.
China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force has been taking a more prominent role in Chinese military diplomacy. This was made abundantly clear earlier last week, when the PLA Air Force launched a series of aggressive shows of force near Taiwan in response to U.S. diplomatic visits to the island.
Four B-52 bombers arrived last week at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam as part of the Air Force’s ongoing bomber task force missions intended to project U.S. air power in the region.
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