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The [[Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center|611th Air Support Group]] (ASG), a U.S. Air Force unit based at [[Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson]] in [[Anchorage, Alaska]] took over control of Wake Island from the 15th Wing On October 1, 2010. The 611th ASG was already providing support and management to various geographically remote Air Force sites within Alaska and the addition of Wake Island provided the unit with more opportunities for outdoor projects during the winter months when projects in Alaska are very limited. The 611th ASG, a unit of the [[Eleventh Air Force|11th Air Force]], was renamed the [[Pacific Air Forces]] (PACAF) [[Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center|Regional Support Center]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jber.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123222602 |title=611th Air Support Group adds eight tropical Pacific locations |date=September 24, 2010 |website= |access-date=March 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924164008/http://www.jber.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123222602 |archive-date=September 24, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
On September 27, 2014, President [[Barack Obama]] issued [[Executive order (United States)|Executive Order]] 9173 to expand the area of the [[Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument]] out to the full 200 nautical miles U.S. [[exclusive economic zone]] (EEZ) boundary for each island. By this proclamation, the area of the monument at Wake Island was increased from {{convert|15,085|to|167,336|mi2|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Proclamation 9173 of September 25, 2014 – Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Expansion – By the President of the United States of America|journal=Federal Register|volume=79| issue = 188|date=September 29, 2014|url=http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/Library/MNM/2014-23319.pdf}}</ref> In 2014, 3300 tons of waste dumps was removed from the islands on barges.<ref name="Staff-2022">{{Cite web |first1=Karina |last1=Quintans |first2=Erik |last2=Myers |website=Society of American Military Engineers |date=September 20, 2022 |title=Environmental Rehabilitation on Wake Island |url=https://samenews.org/environmental-rehabilitation-on-wake-island/ |access-date=October 26, 2023 |language=en-US |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026145756/https://samenews.org/environmental-rehabilitation-on-wake-island/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On November 1, 2015, a complex $230 million U.S. military missile defense system test event, called ''Campaign Fierce Sentry'' Flight Test Operational-02 Event 2 (FTO-02 E2), was conducted at Wake Island and the surrounding ocean areas. The test involved a [[Terminal High Altitude Area Defense]] (THAAD) system built by [[Lockheed Martin Space Systems|Lockheed Martin]], two [[TPS-X|AN/TPY-2 radar system]]s built by [[Raytheon]], Lockheed's Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications system, and {{USS|John Paul Jones|DDG-53|6}} [[guided missile destroyer]] with its [[AN/SPY-1]] radar. The objective was to test the ability of the [[Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System|Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense]] and THAAD Weapon Systems to defeat a raid of three near-simultaneous air and missile targets, consisting of one [[medium-range ballistic missile]], one [[short-range ballistic missile]] and one [[cruise missile]] target. During the test, a THAAD system on Wake Island detected and destroyed a short-range target simulating a short-range ballistic missile that was launched by a [[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III|C-17 transport plane]]. At the same time, the THAAD system and the destroyer both launched missiles to intercept a medium-range ballistic missile, launched by a second C-17.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hookelenews.com/uss-john-paul-jones-participates-in-ballistic-missile-defense-test/ |title=USS ''John Paul Jones'' participates in ballistic missile defense test : Hookele – Pearl Harbor – Hickam News |date=October 5, 2018 |website= |access-date=March 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005030918/http://www.hookelenews.com/uss-john-paul-jones-participates-in-ballistic-missile-defense-test/ |archive-date=October 5, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-missile-defense-idUSKCN0SQ2GR20151102|title=U.S. completes complex test of layered missile defense system|date=November 2, 2015|access-date=March 3, 2022|website=Reuters.com}}</ref>
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