In case you missed it the first time we ran this time, the Air Force informed us earlier this month that it is reviewing its practice of issuing daily summaries of coalition air activities in Afghanistan and Iraq. Until further notice, it has stopped providing the data we used to update the airpower chart at the bottom of each Daily Report column.
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.