Pacific Reach

01/15/2020
The Australian Department of Defence is contributing to a whole-of-Government initiative to further deepen Australia’s engagement in the Pacific region. Since the announcement of the Pacific Step-up in November 2018, Defence has enhanced existing engagement across the region. Working with her partners, Australia is increasing Defence’s presence, conducting training and…

Immediate Response Force Deploys to Iraq

01/14/2020
Following up the insertion of a USMC SP-MAGTF Crisis Response Force to the US embassy in Iraq, U.S. Air Force Airmen load equipment assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg,…

GPS 2

01/13/2020
The U.S. Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched the first Global Positioning Systems (GPS) III satellite at 8:51 a.m. EST, Dec. 23 from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The Lockheed Martin-built satellite, known as “Vespucci,” in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer…

B2 Bomber

01/08/2020
The B-2 Spirit is a multi-role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions. A dramatic leap forward in technology, the bomber represents a major milestone in the U.S. bomber modernization program. The B-2 brings massive firepower to bear, in a short time, anywhere on the globe through previously…

Bomber Task Force Europe 20-1

01/06/2020
This video serves as a Bomber Task Force Europe wrap-up video production, which captures the efforts and successes of the deployed Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, to RAF Fairford, England, in 2019. BTF Europe brought four B-52H Stratofortress bombers, 2nd Bomb Wing Airmen and necessary support equipment to…

2nd MAW: Col. Frank Latt

01/01/2020
Col. Frank Latt experiences the Shop Equipment Contact Maintenance Vehicle with Marine Air Control Squadron 2, Charlie Detachment at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, October 18, 2019. Latt experienced new equipment during his “Winging it with the AWC” series. Latt is the assistant wing commander of 2nd…