Combat Aviator on MSN

USAF agile combat employment: Pacific fighter basing strategy

The vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean has become the modern battlefield’s most challenging theater, where traditional ...
National Security Journal on MSN

The F-35’s combat radius is 670 miles — Northern Japan to the Taiwan Strait is 1,200 miles, and China knows it

Summary and Three Key Points: On March 28, 2026, the 13th Fighter Squadron’s F-35A Lightning II aircraft arrived at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan, marking the squadron’s transition to ...