F-35 Testing Update, May 2014

05/31/2014
2014-05-31 According to a story published on Aerospace Manufacturing and Design, the F-35 has achieved three major flight test milestones on the same day. Edwards Air Force Base, California, and Naval Air Systems Command, Maryland – In three separate flight tests on May 27, 2014, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft demonstrated air-to-air…

Aerial Delivery Training Mission

05/30/2014
05/30/2014: Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced) and Combat Logistics Battalion 11 (CLB-11), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct an aerial delivery exercise during Realist Urban Training Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise (RUTMEUEX) 14-1 at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., March 21, 2014.  Credit:11th Marine Expeditionary Unit:3/21/14

Exercise Cold Response

05/25/2014
05/24/2014: Shots from roadside staging, Multinational Brigade HQ, and flightline ops, at Harstad/Narvik Airport near Evenes, Norway. Marines from the 2nd Marine Division along with integrated Norwegian military arrive to convoy equipment and vehicles to the training area for Exercise Cold Response.  Credit:American Forces Network Ramstein-Regional News Bureau:3/12/14

Reinforcing Baltic Defense

05/24/2014
05/24/2014: In light of the crisis in Ukraine, NATO is boosting its presence in Alliance member state waters in Eastern Europe. NATOChannel is on board HNoMS Valkyrien, the current flagship of one of NATO’s four naval fleets, the Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1), made up of five ships.…

Flying From Bagram Air Field, February 2014

05/22/2014
05/22/2014: A rugged mountain range surrounds Bagram Air Field on three sides, including this mountain on the north end of the runway. There were strong winds at Bagram Air Field the morning of Feb. 15, 2014, which enabled the normal haze in the valley to clear. [slidepress gallery='flying-from-bagram-air-field'] Credit:455th Air…

The USNS Howard O. Lorenzen

05/21/2014
05/21/2014:The USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM-25), a 534-feet-long Missile Range Instrumentation Ship, operated by the Military Sealift Command, departs Oregon via the Columbia River. Credit Video: Oregon National Guard Public Affairs Office:5/16/14 The Oregon Military Department released photos Monday of a 534-foot U.S. Navy ship that sailed down the Columbia…