Pacific Air Forces has dispatched six F-16s from the 51st Fighter Wing at Osan AB, South Korea, to participate in Commando Sling 2008, operating out of Paya Lebar AB, Singapore. The exercise runs through Nov. 16.
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr. assumed leadership of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, succeeding Navy Adm. John Aquilino at a change of command ceremony, urging action amid China's “increasing intrusive and expansionist claims,” on May 3