In an event barely noticed outside of the region, the U.S. military abruptly cancelled a planned bed down — the military term for housing planes — of 12 Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-15s at Andersen Air Force Base (AAFB) in Guam. No other explanations about the “mutually agreed” decision, announced in August, have been forthcoming. In the context of the U.S. campaign for regional allies to boost burden sharing, commit to conflict with China, and increase defense budgets, th...
