11/18/17 A video overview of the F-22 as presented for its participation in the Aviation Nation Air and Space Explosition.
11.08.2017
Video by Airman 1st Class Christina Ensley and William Lewis
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
http://www.nellis.af.mil/Air-SpaceExpo/
11/17/17: Flight operations from the flight deck of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).
11.02.2017
Video by Joshua Sheppard
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)
11/16/17: The ground crew deployed with the KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) conduct a post flight inspection on the hose and drogue system of the aircraft.
The inspection is looking for any damage, which may have been caused in flight. It is vital that the hose and drogue are serviceable to ensure the KC-30A is able to perform its role of providing fuel to the aircraft above Iraq and Syria.
The KC-30A MRTT forms part of the Air Task Group (ATG) and is deployed on Operation OKRA. The ATG is operating at the request of the Iraqi Government within a US-led Global Coalition assembled to degrade and defeat Daesh.
The ATG comprises six RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter aircraft, an E-7A Wedgetail airborne command and control aircraft, and a KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft.
Additionally, the ATG has personnel working in the Combined Air and Space Operations Centre, and embedded with the ‘Kingpin’ US tactical Command and Control Unit.
Credit: Australian Department of Defence
11/14/17
11/16/17: USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducts flight operations.
11.01.2017
Video by Joshua Sheppard
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78
11/15/2017: Brazilian Marines, Norwegian Army Soldiers and U.S. Marines stage their gear and prepare for further operations during Exercise Bold Alligator 17 at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Oct. 28, 2017.
BA 17, now in its seventh iteration, is a large-scale, multinational amphibious exercise designed to showcase complex shaping operations to improve U.S. and partner nation capabilities.
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, UNITED STATES
10.28.2017
Video by Lance Cpl. Abrey Liggins
II Marine Expeditionary Force
11/14/17 WESTERN PACIFIC (Nov. 12, 2017)
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Strike Groups are underway and conducting operations in international waters as part of a three-carrier strike force exercise.
3 Carrier Exercise in Western Pacific (2) from SldInfo.com on Vimeo.
And an article in Defense News added this with regard to Japanese participation in the exercise:
Japan has announced it will participate in the U.S. Navy’s three-carrier strike force exercise in the Western Pacific, sending its own ships and aircraft to join the exercise.
In a news release, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force of JMSDF said that three of its ships and aircraft from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force or JASDF will join in the exercises to be held off the East China Sea and Sea of Japan.
The three JMSDF ships participating in the exercise are the helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182) and destroyers JS Inazuma (DD 105) and JS Makinami (DD 112). In addition two Mitsubishi F-15J Eagle interceptors from the JASDF’s 6th Air Wing from Komatsu Airbase will also be involved.
The news release also says that the JMSDF is keen to use every opportunity to strengthen the alliance with the U.S. Navy, noting that joining such exercises like these contribute to regional security.
https://www.defensenews.com/training-sim/2017/11/10/japan-joins-us-navy-in-pacific-exercise/
11.12.2017
Video by Chief Petty Officer Jay Pugh
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71
11/15/2017: Bulk Fuel Specialists with Special Purpose MAGTF – Crisis Response – Central Command 17.2 install, operate, maintain and repair fuel handling units and accessory equipment.
They also test petroleum products to evaluate the quality, keeping SPMAGTF assets running efficiently throughout the U.S. Central Command area of operations.
(UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)
10.05.2017
Video by Sgt. Conner Robbins
Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade
11/15/2017: For the first time in a decade, three U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Groups (CSGs) coordinated operations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific.
The USS Nimitz (CVN 68), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Strike Groups staged a complex series of air and sea exercises with Japan.
According to the US 7th Fleet:
YOKOSUKA, Japan — The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) strike groups will commence a three-carrier strike force exercise in the Western Pacific, Nov. 11-14. Units assigned to the strike force will conduct coordinated operations in international waters in order to demonstrate the U.S. Navy’s unique capability to operate multiple carrier strike groups as a coordinated strike force effort. “It is a rare opportunity to train with two aircraft carriers together, and even rarer to be able to train with three,” said U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander, Adm. Scott Swift.
“Multiple carrier strike force operations are very complex, and this exercise in the Western Pacific is a strong testament to the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s unique ability and ironclad commitment to the continued security and stability of the region.” While at sea, the strike force plans to conduct air defense drills, sea surveillance, replenishments at sea, defensive air combat training, close-in coordinated maneuvers and other training.
This is the first time that three carrier strike groups have operated together in the Western Pacific since exercises Valiant Shield 2006 and 2007 off the coast of Guam.
Both exercises focused on the ability to rapidly bring together forces from three strike groups in response to any regional situation. Ronald Reagan took part in VS 2006 and Nimitz took part in VS 2007.
More recently, U.S. Navy aircraft carriers have conducted dual carrier strike group operations in the Western Pacific including in the South China Sea, East China Sea and Philippine Sea.
These opportunities typically occur when strike groups deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations from the West Coast of the United States are joined with the forward deployed carrier strike group from Japan.
And an article in Defense News added this with regard to Japanese participation in the exercise:
Japan has announced it will participate in the U.S. Navy’s three-carrier strike force exercise in the Western Pacific, sending its own ships and aircraft to join the exercise.
In a news release, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force of JMSDF said that three of its ships and aircraft from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force or JASDF will join in the exercises to be held off the East China Sea and Sea of Japan.
The three JMSDF ships participating in the exercise are the helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182) and destroyers JS Inazuma (DD 105) and JS Makinami (DD 112). In addition two Mitsubishi F-15J Eagle interceptors from the JASDF’s 6th Air Wing from Komatsu Airbase will also be involved.
The news release also says that the JMSDF is keen to use every opportunity to strengthen the alliance with the U.S. Navy, noting that joining such exercises like these contribute to regional security.
https://www.defensenews.com/training-sim/2017/11/10/japan-joins-us-navy-in-pacific-exercise/
11.13.2017
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Aiyana Paschal
Defense Media Activity Forward Center – Pacific