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Japan defense chief in Hawaii

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (far L) and Adm. Samuel Paparo (far R), commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hold talks in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Jan. 12, 2026.

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80th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

Adm. Samuel Paparo, chief of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, makes a speech during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the signing of the document marking Japan's surrender in World War II, held on the pier next to the battleship Missouri in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Sept. 2, 2025. The signing took place on the deck of Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, with Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme commander of the Allied Powers, in attendance.

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US Navy Shoots Down Its Own F/A-18 In Red Sea Fight

Handout photo dated November 1, 2011 shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 catapults from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. Navy cruiser shot down a Navy F/A-18 fighter jet over the Red Sea early Sunday morning, U.S. Central Command said. The F/A-18 was shot by weapons from the guided-missile cruiser the USS Gettysburg after taking off from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier on Dec. 22. Both Navy aviators were able to eject from the fighter jet and were recovered safely. One of the two sustained minor injuries, according to CENTCOM. The USS Gettysburg “mistakenly fired on” the F/A-18, CENTCOM said. The shoot down happened amid a weekend of military action against the Houthis, a militant Yemeni nationalist group that controls much of Yemen, including the capital. American and British aircraft have been bombing targets in Sana’a since Saturday. The incident is under investigation. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Comm

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US Navy Shoots Down Its Own F/A-18 In Red Sea Fight

Handout photo dated March 18, 2011 of an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. Navy cruiser shot down a Navy F/A-18 fighter jet over the Red Sea early Sunday morning, U.S. Central Command said. The F/A-18 was shot by weapons from the guided-missile cruiser the USS Gettysburg after taking off from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier on Dec. 22. Both Navy aviators were able to eject from the fighter jet and were recovered safely. One of the two sustained minor injuries, according to CENTCOM. The USS Gettysburg “mistakenly fired on” the F/A-18, CENTCOM said. The shoot down happened amid a weekend of military action against the Houthis, a militant Yemeni nationalist group that controls much of Yemen, including the capital. American and British aircraft have been bombing targets in Sana’a since Saturday. The incident is under investigation. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specia

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Commander of U.S. Space Force unit in Japan

Brig. Gen. Anthony J. Mastalir, the commander of United States Space Forces Indo-Pacific, meets the press on Dec. 3, 2024 at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, where the new component field command will be set up, ahead of its launch on Dec. 4.

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Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani meets U.S. Navy Adm. Paparo

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) shakes hands with U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2024.

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Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani meets U.S. Navy Adm. Paparo

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) holds talks with U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. military's Indo-Pacific Command, at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2024.

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 29, 2024.

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander

Photo taken on May 29, 2024, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo shows U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. the Indo-Pacific Command.

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U.S. Navy Admiral Aquilino in Tokyo

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (R) meets with Admiral John Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in Tokyo on April 22, 2024.

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U.S. Navy Admiral Aquilino in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with Admiral John Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 22, 2024.

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B-1s Part Of Airstrikes In Iraq And Syria

Handout file photo dated March 10, 2017 shows a B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Pacific Ocean. B-1B Lancers from the 28th Bomb Wing launched early February 1, 2024, from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, as part of airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. U.S. military forces struck more than 85 targets, with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from the United States. According to U.S. Central Command officials, the airstrikes employed more than 125 precision munitions. The facilities that were struck included command and control operations centers, intelligence centers, rockets, and missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicle storages, and logistics and munition supply chain facilities of militia groups and their IRGC sponsors who facilitated attacks against U.S. and Coalition forces. U.S. Air Fo

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US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated February 22, 2012 shows two F/A-18 Super Hornets drop flares during an air power demonstration for participants of a tiger cruise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Pacific Ocean. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones and missiles were targeting, but U.S. forces in the region have carried out a number of “self-defense strikes” and shot down other drones and rockets in recent months. U

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US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated May 18, 2014 shows n F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Sunliners of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 launches from the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Pacific Ocean. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones and missiles were targeting, but U.S. forces in the region have carried out a number of “self-defense strikes” and shot down other drones and rockets in recent months. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Commu

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US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated November 1, 2011 shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 catapults from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in the Pacific Ocean. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones and missiles were targeting, but U.S. forces in the region have carried out a number of “self-defense strikes” and shot down other drones and rockets in recent months. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Comm

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US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated June 12, 2017 shows F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 fly over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), front, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), right, USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), left, and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) in the western Pacific. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones an

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82nd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

Adm. John Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks at a ceremony at a park facing Hawaii's Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 2023, commemorating the 82nd anniversary of Japan's attack on the U.S. naval base there.

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US Says Guided Missile Sub Has Arrived In Middle East

Handout photo dated February 9, 2021 shows marines assigned to the 1st Force Reconnaissance Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force, assemble a combat rubber raiding craft during a scheduled exercise aboard the guided-missile submarine USS Ohio in the Pacific Oxcean. In a rare announcement, the US military said a guided missile submarine has arrived in the Middle East, a message of deterrence clearly directed at regional adversaries as the Biden administration tries to avoid a broader conflict amid the Israel-Hamas war. US Central Command said on social media Sunday that an Ohio-class submarine was entering its area of responsibility. The social media post did not name the sub, but the US Navy has four Ohio-class guided missile submarines, or SSGNs, which are former ballistic missile subs converted to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles rather than nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Juan Antoine King via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander in Japan

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. John Aquilino shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2023.

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander in Japan

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. John Aquilino hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2023.

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USS Gerald R. Ford The Lead Ship Of Her Class Of US Navy Aircraft Carriers

Handout photo dated August 4, 2020 shows an E-2C Hawkeye attached to the “Greyhawks” of Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 120 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) during flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean. USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the lead ship of her class of United States Navy aircraft carriers. The ship is named after the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford, whose World War II naval service included combat duty aboard the light aircraft carrier Monterey in the Pacific Theater. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Riley McDowell via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander in Japan

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. John Aquilino (L) and Koji Yamazaki, chief of staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, shake hands at the Japanese Defense Ministry headquarters in Tokyo on March 20, 2023.

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Ex-U.S. Indo-Pacific commander Davidson

Adm. Philip Davidson, former commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command, gives an interview in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2023.

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Samuel Locklear

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Adm. Samuel Locklear, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, the U.S. military's top commander in the Pacific, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2014.

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Samuel Locklear

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) holds talks with Adm. Samuel Locklear, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, the U.S. military's top commander in the Pacific, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2014.

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U.S. Navy commander in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L) and Adm. Samuel Locklear (R), head of the U.S. Pacific Command, hold talks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2014.

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U.S. Navy commander in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L) and Adm. Samuel Locklear, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, shake hands at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2014.

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U.S. Navy commander Harris at U.S.-Japan Council meeting

HONOLULU, United States - Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, nominated to be the next commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, delivers a keynote speech at the U.S.-Japan Council's annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Oct. 10, 2014.

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U.S. Adm. Locklear at U.S.-China dialogue opening

BEIJING, China - Admiral Samuel Locklear (L), commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, attends the opening ceremony of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 9, 2014.

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Ex-U.S. intelligence chief

TOKYO, Japan - Dennis Blair, a former U.S. director of national intelligence, is interviewed in Tokyo on April 17, 2014. Blair also served as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Command.

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U.S. Navy commander

WASHINGTON, United States - Adm. Samuel Locklear, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, holds a press conference in Washington on Nov. 5, 2013.

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Japan defense minister in Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Photo shows Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (center L) and Adm. Samuel Locklear (center R), head of the U.S. Pacific Command, at the Pacific Command in Hawaii on July 3, 2013.

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Japan defense minister in Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (R) and Adm. Samuel Locklear (L), head of the U.S. Pacific Command, hold talks at Camp Smith in Hawaii on July 3, 2013.

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U.S. Navy commander

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Adm. Samuel Locklear, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, speaks during an interview with reporters in Singapore on June 2, 2013.

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New U.S. forces commander at Yokota

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Gen. Salvatore Angelella (R) receives a Fifth Air Force flag (L) from U.S. Pacific Air Forces commander Gary North in a command-changing ceremony at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. Angelella took over the top post of the U.S. forces in Japan from Lt. Gen. Burton Field.

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Philippines, U.S. hold gas field protection exercise

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines - Lt. Gen. Duane Thiessen (front L), commander of the U.S. Marines in the Pacific, speaks during a press conference in Puerto Princesa on Palawan Island of the Philippines on April 22, 2012. At front R is Lt. Gen. Juancho Sabban, the Filipino forces Western Command chief. Philippine and U.S. forces have held an unprecedented joint exercise to practice retaking offshore natural gas and oil platforms that have been seized.

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U.S. commander in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan (L) and Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on April 17, 2012.

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U.S. Pacific Command head

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Samuel Locklear, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, answers reporters' questions at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 11, 2012, after taking a look at the ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed at the ministry as part of Japan's ballistic missile defense shield.

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Top U.S. Pacific military commander

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, holds a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on April 11, 2012. He assumed the post in March 2012.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Willard

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Adm. Robert Willard, the U.S. Pacific Command chief. At the Foreign Press Club in Washington on Jan. 27, 2012, he said the United States has no interest in building new military bases in Asia and the Pacific, while welcoming opportunities to rotate forces in the region.

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U.S. Pacific Command's Commander Willard

HONOLULU, United States - Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, speaks at a press conference in Honolulu on Jan. 12, 2012.

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U.S. Pacific Air Forces commander

NAHA, Japan - Gen. Gary L. North, commander of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces and air component commander for U.S. Pacific Command, speaks during an interview at U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on Jan. 8, 2012.

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Situation at Fukushima nuke plant improving: U.S. commander

NEW YORK, United States - Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, speaks at a press conference in New York on April 11, 2011, about the situation at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, on April 11, 2011. Willard said the situation there is improving daily.

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Oriki, Willard meet over nuke plant crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Robert Willard, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, talks to reporters at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 21, 2011, after holding talks with Gen. Ryoichi Oriki, chief of staff of the Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, over the situation at a quake-hit nuclear plant in northeastern Japan. Willard said a radiological management team is standing by in the United States and would be deployed at the request of the Japanese side.

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Retired U.S. Navy admiral Blair

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Dennis Blair, former Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, and former Director of National Intelligence.

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Japan-U.S. joint naval drill

TOKYO, Japan - The crew of the U.S. carrier George Washington work in its command information center in the Pacific near Minamidaito Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 9, 2010, during a joint drill with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. (Pool photo)

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Field takes top post of U.S. forces in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Gen. Burton Field (R) receives a flag of the U.S. forces in Japan from Adm. Robert Willard, the head of the U.S. military Pacific Command, during a change of command ceremony at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2010. Field became the new top commander of U.S. forces in Japan, succeeding Lt. Gen. Edward Rice.

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Kan meets U.S. Pacific commander

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, meet in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Kan meets U.S. Pacific commander

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2010.

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U.S. finding N. Korean intentions hard to read

WASHINGTON, United States - Retired Adm. Timothy Keating speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in a suburb of Washington on June 3, 2010. Keating, a former chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, said the United States finds it very difficult to read the intentions of North Korea, while stressing that the Japan-U.S. alliance will remain steady.