Pacific Air Forces has kicked off the third Red Flag-Alaska of the year. The exercise being flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases in Alaska will run through July 27.
The Pentagon is significantly bolstering airpower near Venezuela, dispatching the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to Latin America, it said in an Oct. 24 statement. The announcement came just hours after U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers and other U.S. assets flew near the Venezuelan coast on Oct. 23.

