The US and Japan reached agreement on consolidating Marine Corps airborne operations on the island of Okinawa. The deal calls for moving operations at Marine Corps Air Station at Futenma to another base on the island. The decision to move the base was made in 1996, but negotiations dragged on. The agreement reached on Oct. 26 comes at a time when the US is attempting to renegotiate the presence of its military on Japanese soil in light of Asian-Pacific security threats such as North Korea.
Pentagon Deploys F-22s as Trump Weighs Strikes on Iran
June 18, 2025
U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors landed at RAF Lakenheath in England June 18 as President Donald Trump weighs whether to join Israel's attacks on Iran.