Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Fang Fenghui of the PLA, chief of China’s joint staff, signed the joint strategic dialogue mechanism in Beijing on Aug. 15.
A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter has gone missing about two miles from Kaena Point, Hawaii on Aug. 15. Search and rescue crews found a debris field two hours later.
Capt. Mark Johnson, Naval Air Systems Command PMA-280 program manager, told USNI News that the U.S. Navy is close to signing a deal to turn a number of Tomahawks into anti-ship cruise missiles.
U.S. Marine Corps KC-130Js from VMGR-152 and VMGR-252 trained with the U.S. Army 160th Special operations Aviation Regiment and U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group at NAS Whidbey Island on Aug. 14.