US Marines Train for Landing in Restricted Terrain

10/24/2018
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 3 and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363 team up during a helicopter support team (HST) exercise at Landing Zone Westfield, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Sept 20, 2018. The HST exercise provides training to landing support specialists with CLB-3 and VMM-363…

Hangar Bay Ops During Valiant Shield 2018

10/19/2018
Crew members aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conduct maintenance on U.S Navy EA-18G Growlers during exercise Valiant Shield 18, Sept. 19, 2018. Valiant Shield is a biennial, U.S. only, field training exercise with a focus on integration of joint training among U.S. forces. GUAM 09.19.2018 Video by Staff Sgt. Emili…

Falcon 9 Launch

10/17/2018
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SAOCOM 1A satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. at 7:21 p.m. PDT.  SpaceX completed the secondary mission of landing the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket at Landing Zone 4, which was previously called SLC-4W, at Vandenberg AFB.  This was…

Growlers in Valiant Shield 2018

10/17/2018
Sailors from Electronic Attack Squadron 138 (VAQ-138) perform post-flight operations for a U.S Navy EA-18G Growler as part of exercise Valiant Shield 18, on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sept. 23, 2018.  Valiant Shield is a biennial, U.S. only, field training exercise with a focus on integration of joint training…

AP-3C Orion in Exercise Kakadu  

10/15/2018
Held biennially, Exercise KAKADU is a joint exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Navy and supported by the Royal Australian Air Force.  In 2018 it included 23 ships, 21 aircraft, a submarine and more than 3,000 personnel from 27 nations, and delivered a range of activities both ashore in Darwin…

Aircraft in Valiant Shield 2018

10/12/2018
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon, and a U.S. Air Force E-8 Joint STARS take off from Anderson Air Force Base, Guam to participate in exercise Valiant Shield Sept. 17, 2018.  Valiant Shield is a U.S.-only, biennial field training exercise (FTX) with a focus on integration…

Red Flag Alaska, 2018

10/11/2018
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska  RED FLAG-Alaska 19-1, a realistic training exercise of simulated combat, is scheduled to begin Oct. 4 and continue through Oct. 18, 2018. Throughout RF-A 19-1, international partners from the Republic of Korea Air Force and the Finnish Air Force will experience what RF-A has to…