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The United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) [6] [7] is the unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces responsible for the Indo-Pacific region. It is the oldest and largest of the unified combatant commands.
While the overall number of overseas military bases has fallen since 1945, the United States, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Russia and France still possess or utilize a substantial number of them. Smaller numbers of overseas military bases are operated by China, Iran, India, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.
US Army Forces, Central Pacific Area (1943–44) US Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas (1944–69) US Army Forces, Middle Pacific (1945–47) US Army, Pacific (1947–1974) US Army Western Command (1979–1990) United States Army Pacific (1990–present)
The United States Pacific Fleet (USPACFLT) is a theater-level component command of the United States Navy, located in the Pacific Ocean. It provides naval forces to the Indo-Pacific Command. Fleet headquarters is at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii, with large secondary facilities at Naval Air Station North Island, California.
Map of The World With Commanders' Areas of Responsibilities. As one of nine unified commands (UCC) of the United States military, USINDOPACOM has an AOR defined by the Department of Defense's Unified Command Plan. [20] For USINDOPACOM it consists of 36 nations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific containing 50% of the world's population. [21]
Chinese strikes on airfields will stymie U.S. military aircraft in the Indo-Pacific region if there is a conflict, a new study says, recommending that the United States invest in cheap, uncrewed ...
Country United States of America Branch United States Air Force United States Army (Army Air Forces; 31 July 1944- 26 September 1947) [1]: Type: Major Command: Role "PACAF's primary mission is to deliver rapid and precise air, space and cyberspace capabilities to protect and defend the United States, its territories and our allies and partners."
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [ 3 ]