As scheduled, a force of airmen and 15 F-22 Raptors from the 90th Fighter Squadron at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, has deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, as part of the now-normal Pacific Region rotation to support the US Pacific Command theater security package. The 90th FS contingent arrived on Guam Jan. 13. (Photo release by A1C Julian North)
In a show force over the Pacific, the U.S. conducted separate bilateral exercises with South Korea and Japan in response to North Korea’s May 24 ballistic missile test. The North’s test reportedly included an intercontinental ballistic missile, launched while President Joe Biden flew home from the region. Also on May…