The U.S. Army task force that brought six High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems to the recently concluded Balikatan exercise has maintained a presence in the Philippines since 2022, a battalion commander said.

A Defense Department inspector general’s audit faulted Yokota Air Base for mishandling toxic substances, including chemicals from firefighting foam and electrical equipment, according to a recent report.

A decommissioned U.S. warship, originally selected for target practice during a joint military exercise, sank unexpectedly on its own Monday off the Philippines’ western coast.

U.S. Marines and sailors will soon participate in a major land-based exercise in the Philippines alongside forces from the host nation, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom.

Former pupils visited an elementary school at Yokota Air Base in Japan to open a time capsule that was buried in 2000.

The U.S. 7th Air Force is forming a second “Super Squadron” of 31 F-16 Fighting Falcons at Osan Air Base, its largest installation in South Korea and the one closest to the North Korean border.

U.S., Filipino and Australian troops dug into beach dunes and unleashed a barrage of firepower — including high-powered rockets — during Balikatan training aimed this week at repelling an amphibious assault.

Tracer rounds flashed toward the setting sun along the west coast of Luzon, the Philippines’ main island, as U.S. Marines put a new air-defense system through its paces.

U.S. and Philippine multirole fighter jets are preparing to destroy warships during annual drills in the Philippines, amid rising tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea.

The Air Force plans to discharge treated water containing reduced levels of PFAS — a contaminant found in firefighting foam — into storm drains near its airlift hub in western Tokyo, Japanese officials said.