01/17/2014: Speaking to troops in Wyoming, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel stressed the need to maintain and modernize the nation's nuclear arsenal. Credit: Pentagon Channel:1/9/14 The following story was published by Wyoming News: By James Chilton
[email protected] CHEYENNE -- Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel paid a visit to F.E. Warren Air Force…
01/16/2014: This slideshow looks at key assets from 1st Air Cavalry Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division, attached to Task Force Knighthawk, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade operating in Afghanistan. [slidepress gallery='army-aviation-afghanistan'] Credit:10th Combat Aviation Brigade:11/26/13 In the first photo, an AH-64 Apache helicopter makes its approach at Forward Operating Base…
2014-01-15 Lockheed Martin commemorated the 100th F-35 Lightning II today with a ceremony for employees, elected officials and customers. The 100th F-35, known as AF-41, will be the first F-35 delivered to Luke Air Force Base (AFB) in Glendale, Ariz. Fleet Status Of the first 100 F-35s produced, 44 are…
01/11/2014: Students from the Infantry Officer Course (IOC) at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., completed a "Proof-of-Concept" 1,100 mile, long-range operation from Twentynine Palms, Calif., to Fort Hood, Texas, via MV-22 Ospreys, on Dec. 15, 2013. The Marines fast-roped into a mock city to secure the embassy and rescue key…
01/10/2014: A KC-130J Super Hercules refuels three F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighters and two AV-8B Harriers during a training exercise while flying over Southern California Aug. 27, 2013. Credit:Marine Corps Air Station Miramar / 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing:8/27/13
01/08/2014: Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response load an MV-22B Osprey for helicopter rope suspension training at Morón Air Base, Spain, Dec. 6, 2013 and December 17, 2013. The latter was during a visit of Second Line of Defense to SP-MAGTF in Spain. SP-MAGTF Crisis…
01/07/2014: 113th DCANG is participating in the 7th CRUZEX hosted by the Brazilian Air Force. Six F-16's made it to Brazil after a few complications. CRUZEX is hosted by the Brazilian Air Force and 8 other countries were invited to join the training event. CRUZEX lasted from 4-15 November 2012.…
12/31/2013: U.S. Marines from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (1/5), 1st Marine Division from Camp Pendleton, Calif. conduct a company extraction and insertion aboard a CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopter with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 (HMH-466), Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW)…
