US Central Command Air Forces says that five USAF C-130s, four C-17s and contracted aircraft—two B-747s, one B-757, and one AN-124—flew in more than 750,000 pounds of equipment and supplies last week. That brings the Air Force-orchestrated airlift to more than eight million pounds.
Secretary of Defense Austin Lloyd III met with his counterparts from Australia, Japan and the Philippines to discuss bolstering defense ties on May 2. The discussion included plans for joint F-35 exercises with Japan and Australia in the coming years.