US F-16s Operating from Sweden in Trident Juncture 2018

05/08/2019
F-16C Fighting Falcons and support Airmen from the 480th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, arrived at Kallax Air Base, Sweden, in support of Trident Juncture 2018. TRJE18 is the largest NATO exercise since 2015, with participation of more than 50,000 military personnel from 31 nations. TRJE18…

Osprey Cold Weather Training

05/05/2019
A U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 conduct flight familiarization over Fort McCoy, Wis. during Ullr Shield, Jan. 19, 2018. Ullr Shield is a training exercise designed to improve 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s capabilities in extreme cold weather environments. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Paige Stade)

C-17 Demo at Beaufort Air Show, 2019

05/04/2019
Maj. Adam Schubert, a C-17 Pilot with 437th Airlift Wing, 15th Airlift Squadron shares what to expect from the C-17 demonstration at the 2019 MCAS Beaufort Air Show, 17 April, 2019. The Beaufort Air Show is one of the premiere community relations events put on by the air station to…

Exercise Bersama Lima 2018

05/01/2019
Defence Personnel from Singapore, Malaysia, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia participated in Exercise Bersama Lima 2018. The personnel formed part of the air planning component which contributed to the Five Power Defence Arrangements combined joint exercise. Bersama Lima 2018 was staged in Malaysia and Singapore from 1 – 19…

Opening the F-35 Flight Envelope: The Perspective of a VMFAT-501 Pilot

04/30/2019
U.S. Marine Capt. Frank Zastoupil, F-35B Lighting II pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, speaks about the capabilities of the F-35B Lighting II and its participation in the 2019 Air Show aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. March 01, 2019. MCAS Beaufort holds airshows to promote the Marine…

French Navy Traverses Taiwan Straits

04/30/2019
“China’s defence ministry said on Thursday that France ‘illegally enter[ed] Chinese waters’ after the Chinese navy warned a French warship to leave the Taiwan Strait earlier this month. “China has lodged an official protest at the ‘rare move’ by the French Navy, which has reaffirmed its commitment to ‘freedom of…