2015-02-22 According to a story on the UK Ministry of Defence website: The East of England will receive a further boost as the hub for the UK’s future combat aircraft fleet, with hundreds of millions of pounds invested to help prepare for the arrival of the UK’s first F-35B Lightning…
02/20/2015: During exercise Beverly Bulldog 15-1 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Dec. 6, 2014, flight crews at Osan prepare F-16s for launch. Beverly Bulldog 15-1 is a peninsula-wide ORE designed to test American forces in the RoK's mission readiness in the event of an emergency or wartime environment.…
02/19/2015: A CH-53E Super Stallion, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, carries a packaged 8,400-pound helicopter rotor head above Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 13, 2015. The rotor head, a high-priority part, was carried from Djibouti to the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD…
2015-02-19 Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150) is a multinational coalition naval task force working under the 25 nation coalition of Combined Maritime Forces and is based in Bahrain established to monitor, inspect, board, and stop suspect shipping to pursue the "Global War on Terrorism" and in the Horn of Africa region…
02/17/2015: The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star is on scene with the Antarctic Chieftain and the cutter begins breaking up the ice around the fishing vessel. The Polar Star, the United States' only operational heavy icebreaker, transits an ice field in the Southern Ocean en route to the Antarctic Chieftain,…
02/17/2015: U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 conduct fixed wing aerial refueling training missions at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Dec. 02, 2014. VMGR-252 refueled EA-6B Prowlers with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3 and AV-8 Harriers with Marine Attack Squadron 223. Credit:2nd…
2015-02-16 Published on Sep 10, 2014 Since its inception, the U.S. Air Force has been developing the fastest, most powerful aircraft in the world. From the X-1 that broke the barrier of sound to today’s F-35 that combines supersonic speed, advanced stealth capabilities and integrated avionics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh9D6znx6Ew
2015-02-16 You may know the Marine Corps as the lead F-35B force. But you might not know their role with regard to the F-35Cs as well. The Marines are the first combat force to plan to use the F-35B in combat. But they are also the first who will operate…
