Secretary of the Air Force International Affairs

March 16, 2023
Africa Command Chief Looks to Help Nations Find African Solutions

Africa is a tremendously diverse continent with many cultures, languages, threats and opportunities that U.S. planners need to consider, Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, the commander of U.S. Africa Command said.
Feb. 4, 2023
F-22 Safely Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off South Carolina Coast

A U.S. Air Force fighter safely shot down a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said in a written statement.
Aug. 23, 2022
Arizona Guard wraps up combined joint training in Exercise REGIONAL COOPERATION 22

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan -- An 11-person Army and Air team from the Arizona National Guard (NG) traveled to Tajikistan to participate in a two-week combined joint training exercise – Exercise REGIONAL COOPERATION 22 (RC22) – with participants from the United States, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz
July 28, 2022
Africom Dealing With Strategic Competition, Terrorism Threats

Africa is the central focus of terrorism in the world, while strategic competition with China and Russia remains the main challenge, Africom’s commander said.
June 28, 2022
National Guard Leader Emphasizes Partnerships During European Visit

Army Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as part of a five-nation trip to recognize and strengthen National Guard security relationships with eastern European and Baltic nations.
June 23, 2022
In Moldova, Guard Chief Finds a Nation Strengthening Armed Forces

With a brutal war raging in neighboring Ukraine and wary of nearby Russia, the Eastern European democracy of Moldova is rapidly strengthening its national defense — and looking to the North Carolina National Guard for help.
March 17, 2022
Africom Working to Help Nations Develop Professional NCOs

Professional military organizations serve their people, not the elites of nations, and the hallmark of these military organizations are effective NCO Corps, said Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Richard Thresher, the senior enlisted leader for U.S. Africa Command.
Dec. 17, 2021
Michigan National Guard trains first Latvian UH-60 Black Hawk maintainer

When the Latvian Air Force recently purchased new UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the call went out for a potential UH-60 maintenance training location in the United States. The Michigan Army National Guard’s (MIARNG) Company B, 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment was chosen in part due to the long
Nov. 12, 2021
Guard Partnership Program Adapts, Continues to Grow

A National Guard program formed in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union has adapted and continues to provide benefits to partnerships around the world, Army Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, said.
June 21, 2021
African Lion: National Guard supports continent’s largest military exercise

F-16 Falcon fighter jets streaked by low and fast, while plumes of black smoke from steady artillery fire and dust thrown up by advancing M1A1 Abrams tanks drifted across the desert below as Africa’s largest military exercise reached its peak Friday.