More Details Coming on US-Japan New Moves: USAF Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright, head of US Forces Japan, tells Stars and Stripes that officials plan to flesh out the new defense cooperation agreement reached by US and Japan by late March. Wright believes the new information will alleviate some community concerns over the planned movement of forces. Residents of Okinawa, in particular, have expressed great dismay over movement of Japan Self Defense Forces to Kadena AB, Okinawa.
Australia’s military will help the Pentagon pursue so-called “air-breathing” hypersonic weapons and more under the U.S.-run Allied Prototyping Initiative, the U.S. Defense Department said Nov. 30. The Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment (SCIFiRE) initiative “will be essential to the future of hypersonic research and development, ensuring the U.S. and…