As the Air Force embraces the concept of Agile Combat Employment, the service and the wider U.S. military have paid increasing attention to small islands throughout the Indo-Pacific—places like Tinian, Palau, and Saipan, all fewer than 200 square miles, have hosted troops and received millions of dollars in investment in recent years. In its recent fiscal 2025 budget request, the Air Force laid out plans for a major upgrade to the infrastructure on yet another tiny island in the vast expanse of the Pacific: Yap.