JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Approximately 250 Airmen and 12 F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, are deploying in May to Kadena Air Base, Japan, as the 120th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in support of the U.S. Pacific Command Theater Security Package.
The U.S. Air Force routinely deploys fighter aircraft to the region to provide U.S. PACOM and Pacific Air Forces with Theater Security Packages, which help maintain a deterrent against threats to regional security and stability.
Movement of U.S. Air Force TSPs into the region has been a routine and integral part of U.S. PACOM’s force posture since March 2004.
These theater security packages demonstrate the continuing U.S. commitment to stability and security in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
For more information, contact the Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs Office at 808-448-3209 or pacaf.paops@us.af.mil.
For local media, contact Maj Kinder Blacke, 140th Wing Public Affairs, 720-847-9558, kinder.l.blacke.mil@mail.mil.