{"id":16986,"date":"2023-06-27T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=16986"},"modified":"2023-06-30T06:41:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T06:41:27","slug":"afcent-hosts-coalition-partners-prior-to-indopacom-large-force-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=16986","title":{"rendered":"AFCENT hosts coalition partners prior to INDOPACOM large force exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dateline-text\"><br \/>\n                SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C.\u00a0\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The French military has dispatched a massive contingent of aircraft to the Indo-Pacific under the mission named \u2018P\u00e9gase 2023\u2019 to increase its regional presence and influence.<\/p>\n<p>The contingent participating in the mission will comprise 19 warplanes, consisting of 10 Dassault Rafale B and C multirole fighters, five A330 MRTT refueling aircraft, and four Airbus A400M transport planes.<\/p>\n<p>The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, hosted this contingent prior to their departure to the Indo-Pacific. They provided transportation, lodging and food services for those transient members of the French military.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe French were happy that we were able to provide accommodations for their transiting personnel and logistics support for the Rafale fighters. This stop was crucial, with minimum time on the ground in Al Dhafra in order to make their rapid deployment timeline to Guam,\u201d said U.S. Air Force Col. Terence G. Taylor, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing commander.<\/p>\n<p>The objective of the latest deployment is to showcase France\u2019s power projection capabilities and to highlight its status as a resident sovereign nation in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Following their departure from Al Dhafra, the French will participate in U.S.-led, large-scale exercises in the Pacific, along with partners in the region from the islands of Guam and Palau.<\/p>\n<p>This concerted effort, undertaken in coordination with U.S. forces, underscores the strong partnership between the U.S. and France.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrance is America\u2019s oldest friend and Ally. Our relationship is built upon our shared commitment to the same values \u2013 democracy, human rights, the rule of law, security, and prosperity,\u201d said U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) commander and Combined Forces Air Component Commander for U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud to support this latest bilateral effort and to have the French serving alongside us and our other Coalition partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact U.S. Air Forces Central Command Public Affairs at 011-974-4458-9555 and connect to 436-4102\/1412 or email at <a href=\"mailto:afcent.pa@afcent.af.mil\">afcent.pa@afcent.af.mil<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C.\u00a0\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0 The French military has dispatched a massive contingent of aircraft to the Indo-Pacific under the mission named \u2018P\u00e9gase 2023\u2019 to increase its regional presence and influence. The contingent participating in the mission will comprise 19 warplanes, consisting of 10 Dassault Rafale B and C multirole fighters, five A330 MRTT refueling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":16988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16986"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16989,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16986\/revisions\/16989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}