July 29, 2023 Australian, U.S. Leaders Say Alliance Is More Relevant Than Ever The main message of the annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations in Brisbane, Australia, is that the alliance is stronger today than it ever has been.
March 1, 2023 Pacific Air Forces Commander opens Australia airshow, aerospace & defence exposition Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, highlighted the strength of the U.S.-Australia alliance at the opening ceremony for AVALON – the 2023 Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition – Feb. 28.
Feb. 28, 2023 Cope North 23: Trilateral integration at Iwo To strengthens capabilities Ten U.S. Air Force airfield experts from Yokota and Andersen Air Base flew to the Japanese island of Iwo To to exchange skills with Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force partners as part of the Cope North 23 field exercise, Feb. 21-22.Cope North 23 is a multilateral U.S.
Feb. 9, 2023 DOD Is Focused on China, Defense Official Says China remains the pacing challenge for the U.S. government, a Defense Department official stressed to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Jan. 27, 2023 Australia, Japan, U.S. stand up multinational task force for Cope North 23 Air forces from Australia, Japan, and the United States have begun arriving in Guam to establish the command and control multinational task force for Cope North 2023, which runs Feb. 8-24, 2023.
Dec. 6, 2022 Australia, U.S. Agree to Expand Defense Cooperation A discussion between the U.S. secretaries of defense and state and their Australian counterparts ended with a commitment to deepen defense cooperation.
Dec. 5, 2022 U.S.-Australia Work to Strengthen Alliance The "unbreakable alliance" between the United States and Australia remains vital to regional security, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said at a Pentagon meeting with his Australian counterpart.
Nov. 17, 2022 US, UK, Australian and Canadian forces operate as a combined force in exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition “Fights on” loudly echos across the battlespace kicking off exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition 23-1 at the Distributed Mission Operations Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and distributed sites across four countries, during the first day of an eleven-day exercise.
Oct. 1, 2022 U.S., Australian Defense Leaders Stress Importance of Alliance System Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles discussed the U.S. and Australia's unwavering commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region and the challenges to that ideal.
Oct. 1, 2022 Defense Leaders Look to Strengthen Rules-Based Order The defense leaders of the United States, Japan and Australia met at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command headquarters in Hawaii to strengthen the defense of the rules-based, international order that China and Russia are trying to dismantle.