1. Gen. Wang Ke, Director of the General Logistics of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, is welcomed to U.S. Pacific Command headquarters in Hawaii by the Deputy Commander in Chief, Lt. Gen. Joseph E. DeFrancisco, USA.

3. The first deployment of B-2s to a forward location took place in April 1998 when two of the high-precision, lethal stealth bombers exercised at Andersen AFB, Guam.

5. Chinese soldiers unload 81,000 pounds of donated U.S. relief supplies from the U.S. Air Force's newest airlifter, a C-17 Globemaster, for earthquake victims in Northern Hebei Province.

2. One of the U.S. Navy's newest nuclear-powered attack submarines, USS Cheyenne (SSN 773), joined the U.S. Pacific Fleet's Pacific Submarine Force at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in March 1998. The improved Los Angeles class submarine carries Tomahawk cruise missiles and conducts anti-submarine warfare.

3. Five Indian Air Force (IAF) officers are welcomed to briefings on integrating civil-military air traffic control at Keesler AFB, Mississippi, L to R: Capt. M. Johnson, USAF, Sqdn. Ldr. Raju. Gp. Capt. Kacker, Wg. Cmdr. Javeed, Gp. Capt. Burma, Sqdn. Ldr. Malik, and Lt. Col. C. Payne, USAF
PHOTO BY CAPT. WILLIAM WIENINGER, USAF

5. The IAF officers receive a firsthand look at the climatic laboratory at Eglin, AFB, Florida, where a C-130J is being cold-soaked at minus 65 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 18 Celsius).
PHOTO BY CAPT. WILLIAM WIENINGER, USAF

2. Among U.S. forces sent to participate in the Korean-U.S. rear area defense exercise, FOAL EAGLE 97 (27 October-6 November 1997), were 500 combat vehicles and troops of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division. Their vehicles were sealifted to test real-world defense plans.

4. The Okinawa, Japan town of Katsuren, which hosts a U.S. Naval facility, presented its community service award, 17 January 1998, to U.S. Navy and Marine units for "extended and exemplary community service" and for "the many volunteer activities of sailors, Marines, civilian employees and family members ... over the past five years." Mr. Shigeru Negawa, President of the Social Welfare Association, presents the award to Capt. Richard Weyrick, USN.

1. ORIENT SHIELD is an annual Japan-U.S. ground exercise. Here Brig. Gen. James Donald (far right), Assistant Division Commander for Operations, U.S. 25th Infantry Division (Light), talks to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force armored vehicle crewmen.

4. The IAF visitors are briefed on tower operations for civil-military air traffic control at Eglin AFB, Florida.
PHOTO BY CAPT. WILLIAM WIENINGER, USAF

6. The IAF officers meet in Washington with Mr. Frank Colson, Executive Director, Department of Defense Policy Board on Federal Aviation, to discuss civil-military air traffic control integration. L to R: Air Commodore Menon, Indian Air Attaché to U.S.; Mr. Colson, Gp. Capt. Kacker, Sqdn. Ldr. Malik , Gp. Capt. Burma, and Wg. Cmdr. Javeed.