04/16/2015: USS Farragut Transits the Suez Canal
SUEZ CANAL (April 6, 2015)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) transits the Suez Canal. Farragut is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility in support of interests in Europe.
Credit:Navy Media Content Services:4/6/15
04/16/2015: The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits through the Suez Canal.
Theodore Roosevelt will conduct operations in the U.S. Navy’s 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet area of responsibility.
Credit: Navy Media Content Services: 4/6/15
04/15/2015: The Arleigh Burke-class guided–missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) departs Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Farragut, home-ported in Mayport, Florida, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe.
Credit:Navy Media Content Services:4/1/15
04/15/2015: Afghan Air Force MD-530F Cayuse Warrior helicopter pilots and their advisors from the Train, Advise, Assist Command Air, prep and practice for the MD-530F Rollout ceremony.
The ceremony was conducted the following day at Kabul Afghanistan International Airport, Apr. 08, 2015.
Credit: Defense Media Activity – Army:4/8/15
For our report on shaping the Afghan airpower transition see the following:
http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/shaping-the-afghan-transition-the-airpower-dimension/
04/14/2015: U.S. Marine Corps landing support specialists with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response – Africa attach a 2180-pound pallet of supplies to a lift cable under an MV-22 Osprey flown by Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264 at Morón Air Base, Spain, Jan. 19, 2015.
The squadron used the exercise to maintain their proficiency in conducting single-point external lifts with the Osprey, a versatile vehicle capable of completing vertical lifts.
On the ground, landing support specialists braced against the Osprey’s hurricane-like downwash to connect a static line to the lift cable, which grounded the aircraft and allowed the team to connect the load without risking static-electric shock.
Credit: U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa:01.19.2015
04/14/2015: U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (CO B 1/5) participated in a CH-53E Super Stallion fast rope exercise at Auxiliary Airfield 2 near Yuma, Ariz., April 03, 2015.
CO B 1/5 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-15 hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One.
Credit: Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Combat Camera:4/3/15
04/14/2015: Earlier, we interviewed the current Air Mobility Commander for the RAAF and his predecessor.
Both emphasized the significant impact of the C-17 and the KC-30A on the reach and range of the RAAF.
http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/the-raaf-and-culture-change-building-sustainable-reach/
Now the Australian government has announced the formal decision to add two more C-17s from the final build of that aircraft by Boeing.
In an article published on April 9, 2015 by Karen Meeks of the Long Beach Press Telegram, the news was discussed this way:
Two Long Beach-assembled military cargo planes will soon make Australia their new home.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Thursday that his government plans to buy two more Boeing Co. Globemaster III C-17s, augmenting its Royal Australian Air Force fleet of C-17s by eight.
The government will invest $1 billion on the military airlifters, $300 million of which will go toward upgrading the RAAF Base Amberley, where the country’s C-17 fleet is based, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
“The two additional C-17s will provide vital heavy airlift support to a range of regional and global coalition operations and greatly increase Australia’s capacity to provide rapid and effective disaster rescue and relief and humanitarian aid,” Abbott said in a statement.
According to the Herald, the RAAF has used C-17s in Australian Defence Force operations for the last 15 years and have been instrumental in ferrying supplies to Vanuatu in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam and retrieving MH-17 crash victims in Ukraine. A
bbott said the air force should receive the two new planes quickly; the first C-17 should come within six months of the government order and the second plane within 10 months of the first, according to the Herald.
The video is credited to the Australian Ministry of Defence.
04/13/2015: The Afghan Air Force added a new aircraft to their fleet.
The MD-530 Cayuse (Kai-use) Warrior, a close air attack helicopter, will add new power in this years fighting season.
A total of 17 MD-530s were transferred to Afghan control.
Training is already underway.
Credit: Defense Media Activity – Army: 4/9/15
For our report on shaping the Afghan airpower transition see the following:
http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/shaping-the-afghan-transition-the-airpower-dimension/