After 30 days of honing contingency-response capabilities across the Indo-Pacific, Resolute Force Pacific 2025 concluded Aug. 8, 2025.

As part of the Department of the Air Force’s larger Department-Level Exercise series, REFORPAC demonstrated the U.S. Air Force’s ability to rapidly mobilize and surge thousands of Airmen, hundreds of aircraft, equipment and supplies necessary to sustain operations over vast distances of the Indo-Pacific region.

At its conclusion, REFORPAC contributed to the DLE’s generation of more than a thousand military flights successfully flown by an array of U.S. and allied aircraft conducting unprecedented, complex training.

“REFORPAC provided us a unique opportunity to stress test our ability to operate at immense speed and scale,” Gen. Kevin Schneider, Pacific Air Forces commander said. “I’m incredibly proud of our Airmen, joint teammates, and our allies and partners who integrated to plan and execute safe, seamless, and expedient operations, allowing us to demonstrate incredible capability and to refine how we operate in this theater.”

Beyond rapidly surging across the Pacific region, Airmen exercised missions such as Agile Combat Employment, distributed logistics, munitions loading, hot-pit rapid refueling, combat search and rescue, and multilateral air-to-air refueling.

Airmen facilitated several notable accomplishments throughout REFORPAC including:

- Integrating the F-15EX Eagle II, the latest variant of the proven multirole fighter airframe, sporting the advanced Eagle Passive-Active Warning Survivability System, to participate in several exercise missions in theater.

- Executing multiple Cessna 208B Grand Caravan autonomous sorties to the islands of Hawaii, Lanai, Maui, and Oahu, while being remotely operated from a ground station nearly 4,000 miles away in Guam, supporting PACAF’s efforts to identify cost-effective alternatives to traditional cargo aircraft. A safety pilot was on board each flight to monitor the system and intervene, if necessary, though no manual inputs were required.

- Demonstrating the continued ability of the U.S. Air Force, in partnership with the U.S. Space Force, to deliver precision strike capabilities using a variety of munitions from multiple U.S. airframes during several live-fire events in the Western Pacific.

- Increasing high-end training with allied and partner air forces, including rapid airfield damage repair, mass casualty aeromedical evacuation drills, and fuel support. Each endeavor expanded international combined capabilities and strengthened integrated deterrence and force interoperability.

“In a theater defined by distance and complexity, airpower remains the most responsive and flexible means to deliver logistics at speed and scale,” said Brig. Gen. Mike Zuhlsdorf, PACAF director of logistics, engineering, and force protection. “Distributed logistics enabled the joint force to sustain operations in contested environments by decentralizing supply chains, reducing reliance on large, vulnerable hubs, and increasing operational resilience.”

Conducted in and over an area roughly 6,000 miles east to west, and 4,000 miles north to south, REFORPAC was made possible through robust logistics planning and participation from active-duty, Guard, Reserve, and civilian Airmen and Guardians operating and problem-solving together seamlessly.

“The efforts of our incredible Total Force Airmen validated the infrastructure we deliberately positioned across the theater, transforming planning into action and enabling persistent footholds that will endure in future operations,” Zuhlsdorf said. “Integrating logistics with allies and partners further strengthened the network, expanded access, and increased the number of viable support nodes—creating depth, redundancy, and shared readiness across the region during REFORPAC and beyond.”

Exercises like REFORPAC are crucial to ensuring the U.S. Air Force remains at the forefront of military innovation, collaborating with allies and partners to deliver unparalleled results for the U.S. Defense Department.

“Deterrence demands proactive training, and REFORPAC has succeeded in doing just that,” Schneider said. “We maintain the capability to deter, defend, and if necessary, defeat aggressors by investing in readiness, delivering capable forces, and staying postured to protect the American people, allies, and interests across the region. REFORPAC stands as a prime example of our strong commitment to maintaining peace through strength in the Indo-Pacific.”