F-35s Fly in Checkered Flag Exercise

12/18/2015
12/18/2015:  The F-35A Lightning II from the 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, at Tyndall Air Force Base is seen flying in support of Exercise Checkered Flag 16-01. Checkered Flag is a large-force exercise which simulates the employment of a large number of aircraft and is an opportunity to highlight…

VMFA-121 Conducts a Vertical Landing FARP

12/18/2015
12/18/2015: An F-35B Lightning II from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 conducts a vertical landing at a Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) aboard Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 10, 2015. VMFA-121 marked another important milestone in the evolution of the aircraft conducting their first Close Air Support…

MV-22 Osprey Pilots Obtain Carrier Qualifications

12/17/2015
12/17/2015: MV-22 Osprey pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, Marine Air Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, obtain carrier qualification in conjunction with Blue Chromite 2016, a large-scale amphibious exercise in Okinawa, Japan. Units participating in Blue Chromite benefit from naval training resources in the…

RAF Pilot Discusses the Trilateral Exercise

12/16/2015
2015-12-16  The Second Line of Defense team joined the media day held by the Air Combat Command on December 15, 2015 to learn more about the trilateral exercise, which featured the F-22s, working with Typhoons, and for the first time with Rafales. We have reportage on the discussions and panels…

XI Squadron in the Trilateral Exercise

12/16/2015
2015-12-16  The Second Line of Defense team joined the media day held by the Air Combat Command on December 15, 2015 to learn more about the trilateral exercise, which featured the F-22s, working with Typhoons, and for the first time with Rafales. We have reportage on the discussions and panels…

Italian Predator Taking Off and Landing

12/11/2015
12/11/2015: Amendola Air Force Base, 32nd Wing, Puglia (Italy) 32nd Wing 28th Squadron is the Italian Air Force unit equipped with the Predators (MQ1 and MQ9). As Lt. General Preziosa, the head of the Italian Air Force put it about the Predator “Enterprise.” A final topic for discussion was the…