First UK Royal Navy Student-Pilot Flies F-35

04/14/2013
04/14/2013: First UK Royal Navy student-pilot flies F-35  [slidepress gallery='first-uk-royal-navy-student-pilot-flies-f-35'] Credit:33rd Fighter Wing Public Affairs By: Maj. Karen Roganov 4/10/2013 - EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. The first United Kingdom Royal Navy student aviator at the 33rd Fighter Wing, training to be an F-35B Lightning II instructor pilot, completed his first sortie…

Eielson AFB Operations

04/11/2013
04/11/2013: Various footage of Eielson AFB, Alaska.  Credit:354th Fighter Wing:2/1/13 http://www.eielson.af.mil Eielson Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: EIL, ICAO: PAEI, FAA LID: EIL) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska and just southeast of Moose Creek, Alaska. The host unit at Eielson…

USS Arlington LPD24 Commissioning

04/10/2013
04/10/2013: USS Arlington LPD24 Commissioning was held in early April 2013. Credit:Defense Media Activity - Navy:4/8/13 According to Scott McCaffrey of The Sun Gazette: A crowd of 6,000 gathered April 6 at Naval Station Norfolk for the commissioning of the USS Arlington in a colorful ceremony whose roots date to…

MV-22 Ospreys in Stuttgart Skies

04/10/2013
04/10/2013: In coordination with U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Africa, the community of U.S. European Command, U.S. Africa Command, and USAG Stuttgart had “hands-on” experience with the MV-22B Osprey during a capabilities exercise on Patch Barracks, Kelly Barracks, and Stuttgart Army Airfield, March 28. The…

F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter

04/10/2013
04/10/2013: Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 conducted its first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Short Take Off, Vertical Landing operations aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. at approximately 8:45 a.m. March 21. This was also the first dual flight of VMFA-121 F-35B aircraft.  F-35 test pilot Maj. Richard Rusnok…

F-22s Exercise During Polar Training

04/10/2013
04/10/2013: F-22s on JBER preparing for take off during the exercise Polar Force 13-3. Credit:Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Public Affairs:4/7/13 Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson conducted an F-22 deployment exercise during Polar Force 13-3. The deployment exercise put airman in a situation where jets needed to be deployed and received as quickly as…

Hawaii F-22 Squadrons in Sortie Generation Exercise

04/09/2013
04/09/2013: F-22s flown by the Hawaii Air National Guard's 199th Fighter Squadron and the active duty Air Force's 19th Fighter Squadron take off during an early morning 14-ship sortie rotation. The squadrons launched and recovered a record number of sorties, which is the most executed by these squadrons on a…