01/28/2015: This video shows an AC-130 operating from its home base. In the A-10 discussion, the AC-130 is part of the obvious answer in various Close Air Support Roles. Credit Video: 1st Combat Camera Squadron:1/21/15 According to Tyler Rogoway on the Foxtrot Alpha website: The AC-130 flying gunship fleet is…
01/28/2015: USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) and USS Enterprise (CVN 65) perform a vertical replenishment at night. Enterprise is deployed as part of Enterprise Carrier Strike Group in support of Maritime Security Operations and Theater Security Cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. Credit: Navy Public…
01/25/2015: Sailors give the signal to raise the integrated catapult control system on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests…
01/20/2015: Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Recruit Zerick Woodberry, from Los Angeles, clears dirt from a pad eye on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis is seen completing a Docking Planned Incremental Availability maintenance period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate…
2015-01-19 The F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter conducts its first arrested landing aboard the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) aircraft carrier off the coast of San Diego, November 2, 2014. This video provides a perspective from the USN with regard to the F-35C coming to the carrier airwing.…
01/15/2015: We are shortly publishing two articles built around interviews with the French Air Force (FAF) which is the launch customer for the aircraft. The FAF has underscored that the multi-national aspect of the program is a core foundation for shaping common concepts of operations and laying the foundation for…
01/15/2015: The Marines are seen participating in their final exercise in October 2014 as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise before their deployment at the end of 2014. [maxgallery id="71158"] Credit Photos :INSERT HERE In the first photo, a Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th…
2015-01-11 The Prime Minister of Australia, the Honorable Tony Abbott, MP, has visited Royal Australian Air Force personnel assigned to the first Australian Air Task Group (ATG) in the Middle East Region who are approaching the end of their deployment on Operation OKRA and preparing to return to Australia. Approximately…
