To Counter China in the Pacific, America Reboots the ‘Island-Hopping’ Campaign of World War II
Nolan Peterson August 15, 2019
POHNPEI, Federated States of Micronesia—A twin-engine, blue-and-white U.S. Air Force transport jet carrying Secretary of State Mike Pompeo descended to land on Pohnpei, one of four Pacific island states that comprise the Federated States of Micronesia.
Onboard the jet during approach, the remote island’s aquamarine coastal waters and lush green tropical forests appeared as an inviting interruption to the vast, empty expanse of the Pacific Ocean.
Typically, Pohnpei International Airport’s 6,000-foot-long airstrip doesn’t handle passenger jets as large as the Air Force C-32A—a converted Boeing 757 airliner—on which the secretary of state travels.
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