Lt. Gen.
Roger Turner, III MEF Commanding General, said the modernization efforts and forward posture send a clear message to the region, enhancing defensive capabilities to stand with allies and partners.
Pacific Air Forces tested human-machine teaming by flying Boeing's MQ-28 Ghost Bat alongside manned fighter jets, including F-35s, F-22s, and F/A-18Es.
The semi-autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), developed with the Royal Australian Air Force, participated in defensive and offensive counter-air missions out of Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Maj.
Daniel Pesich, Experimental Operations Unit collaborative combat aircraft detachment officer in charge, said the future of airpower is a partnership between warfighters and technology, increasing power projection and building a more resilient, capable, and lethal joint force.
Anti-missile system tests under the Guam Defense System Joint Project Office are scheduled to continue through August.
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A joint live-fire exercise named Tenacious Archer 2026 is slated to begin in Palau on July 24.
