2013-02-08 The UAE has ordered three A330MRTT tankers. It has now received its first one. According to a comment made to Second Line of Defense by a senior USAF officer (retired) who has worked closely with the UAE: “They should consider buying a larger fleet of tankers, in order to…
02/07/2013: Army leaders from U.S. Army South, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Security Forces from Panama meet at Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston TX for the Central American Regional Leaders' Conference. During the conference regional partners present concerns and explore reasonable approaches in the areas of…
02/07/2013: Lt. Gen. Ho Yeon Lee, the commandant of the ROK Marine Corps visited Okinawa Jan. 29 to tour Marine Corps installations and discuss training between the U.S. and ROK Marine Corps. Republic of Korea Marine Corps Commandant Visits Okinawa from SldInfo.com on Vimeo. Credit:III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine…
02/06/2013: NATO has extended its Air Policing mission to the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The agreement is cited by NATO as an example of Smart Defense in that force pooling can achieve more effectiveness. Credit:Natochannel:1/31/13
02/05/2013: Marines and Singaporean Guardsmen Conducting Valiant Mark Live Fire Maneuver Training. U.S. Marines serving with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and guardsmen of 3rd Battalion Singapore Guards conducting amphibious assault vehicle employment training during Exercise Valiant Mark at Red Beah here. Valiant Mark is an annual bilateral exercise between…
2013-02-03 by Ed Timperlake A very powerful story of undaunted courage that made history is captured in the video below. The first pilot was Leon Frankel. Frankel was a US Navy WWII Pilot who was awarded a Navy Cross. Leon Frankel was a U.S.Navy pilot during World War II and…
12/09/2012:Hawaii-based F-22 b-roll of maintenance ops, taxing, taking off, landing, conducting pre-flight ops, and various shots of the aircraft itself. The F-22 is a core asset in any Pacific strategy. As the F-35s get added to the mix, the USAF will have a high-high mix of 5th generation aircraft. http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/the-prc-claim-to-super-power-status-and-the-f-22-not-so-fast/…
01/31/2013: Video of German Patriot convoy moving from Iskenderun port south of Adana to their place of deployment the city of Kahramanmara. Credit: Natochannel:1/22/13
