Preparing for Paratroop Jump From Inside C-17

Posted on | by Caroline Teames
05/18/2013
05/18/2013: The Joint Operational Access Exercise (JOAX) 13-02 is a combined joint training exercise designed to prepare elements of the 82nd Airborne Division, along with its partners and enablers, to respond as part of the Global Response Force (GRF).

Credit:1st Combat Camera Squadron2/27/13

82nd Airborne, Canadian Soldiers Train Together

Posted on | by Caroline Teames
05/15/2013
05/15/2013: Paratroopers with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division train with 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment in Joint Operational Access Exercise Feb. 28, 2013.

VMM-266 Flight Ops

Posted on | by Caroline Teames
05/14/2013

05/14/2013: MV-22B Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 Reinforced, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct touch and go and aerial refueling exercises in the Fifth Fleet area of operations, April 26, 2013.

The 26th MEU was deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations aboard Kearsage Amphibious Ready Group.



Credit:26th Marine Expeditionary Unit:4/26/13

 

 

 

AH-64E Apache Helicopter

Posted on | by Caroline Teames
05/08/2013
05/08/2013: The 1st Battalion, 229th Attack Reconnaissance Squadron of the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord unveils their AH-64E Apache helicopter.

The “Echo” model of the Apache is an upgrade from the “Delta” model with more power, and better lift.

JBLM will have twenty-four AH-64E Apache’s by late spring.

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 Credit:5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment:2/21/13

According to Boeing, the new Apache will make better use of UAVs as part of a flying and attack formation. Manned/unmanned teaming with airborne Army combat platforms has been conceptualized, strategized and realized – though with some limitations.On today’s battlefield a manned attack helicopter can receive imagery from an unmanned aerial platform, but to heighten the value of these assets, manned/unmanned teaming must go farther and do more.The Apache Block III with Level 4 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control will take manned/unmanned teaming to a whole new level and the UAV will indeed be a wingman for the pilots in command of the attack helicopter platform.

 U.S. Army aviators flying the Apache Block III helicopter will deploy with an enhanced tactical advantage on the battlefield as they communicate with a UAV to receive and transmit real-time imagery and meta-data, control and monitor a UAV’s sensor and weapons payload, and direct and control the flight of a UAV. This teaming facilitates the pilots’ ability to obtain valuable information transmitted from the UAV to locate, identify and target the enemy and share that information with friendly ground and air forces.“The tactical capability and operational versatility of the Apache is dramatically enhanced by this network-centric capability,” said Mike Burke, Boeing director of Army Rotorcraft Business Development.

 http://www.boeing.com/apachenews/2009/issue_01/army_s2_p2.html

 

JGSDF Conducts MV-22 Osprey Insertion During Iron Fist 2013

Posted on | by Caroline Teames
05/05/2013
05/05/2013: U.S. Marines with 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate in Exercise Iron Fist 2013 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif. Feb. 13, 2013.

The purpose of the bilateral amphibious exercise was to improve interoperability, enhance military-to-military relations and hone individual and small-unit skills necessary for effective crisis response and to effectively conduct contingency operations across the Pacific.

JGSDF Conducts MV-22 Osprey Insertion During Iron Fist 2013 from SldInfo.com on Vimeo.