{"id":553327,"date":"2025-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=553327"},"modified":"2025-07-25T18:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:16:12","slug":"secaf-visits-asia-pacific-to-strengthen-alliances-assess-readiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=553327","title":{"rendered":"SecAF visits Asia-Pacific to strengthen alliances, assess readiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2025\/Jul\/25\/2003761501\/2000\/2000\/0\/250724-F-NW874-1128.JPG\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"article-detail-dateline\">ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) &#8212; \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Secretary of the Air Force <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Biographies\/Display\/Article\/108402\/dr-troy-e-meink\/\" target=\"_blank\">Troy E. Meink<\/a><\/strong> departed July 24 on his first international trip as SecAF, traveling throughout the U.S. Asia-Pacific area of responsibility to reinforce international partnerships and meet with Airmen and Guardians supporting the Department of the Air Force\u2019s 2025 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/4236472\/daf-kicks-off-department-level-exercise-series-in-pacific\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department-Level Exercise<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Meink\u2019s visit underscores the United States\u2019 ongoing commitment to its allies and partners across all warfighting domains. It emphasizes the Department of the Air Force\u2019s role in enhancing regional security through integrated operations. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cThe United States remains committed to deterring potential threats in the Asia-Pacific,\u201d Meink said. \u201cThis trip reinforces the Department of the Air Force\u2019s commitment to prevent aggression and defend our allies and partners in the region.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The secretary\u2019s first stop included meetings with leadership from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacaf.af.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Air Forces<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacom.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Indo-Pacific Command<\/a><\/strong> in Hawaii to receive a strategic overview of the mission in the region.\u00a0 He also received an update on the DLE series, which began July 10.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">This DLE series is incorporating multiple command exercises into one overall threat deterrence scenario and is featuring 12,000 U.S. Air and Space Force personnel, more than 350 bomber, fighter, cargo and refueling aircraft, and space-based and space-enabled capabilities to include, but not limited to, space electromagnetic warfare, space domain awareness, orbital warfare and navigational warfare.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cThis is a first-in-a-generation large-scale exercise for our Air Force and Space Force,\u201d Meink said. \u201cBringing together Airmen and Guardians with our allies and partners strengthens our ability to operate jointly and reestablish deterrence across the Asia-Pacific.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Meink\u2019s trip will include Guam, the Philippines, Japan, and Alaska, where the delegation will engage with international senior leaders and visit Airmen and Guardians deployed and stationed throughout the Asia-Pacific region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-split ntext breakout \">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<section class=\"ast-brandedhr\">\n<div class=\"ast-brandedhr-line\">\n<p>                <title>U.S. Air Force Logo<\/title><\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) &#8212; \u00a0 Secretary of the Air Force Troy E. Meink departed July 24 on his first international trip as SecAF, traveling throughout the U.S. Asia-Pacific area of responsibility to reinforce international partnerships and meet with Airmen and Guardians supporting the Department of the Air Force\u2019s 2025 Department-Level Exercise.\u00a0 Meink\u2019s visit underscores the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":108410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-553327","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\/553327","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=553327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":553328,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553327\/revisions\/553328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=553327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=553327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=553327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}