Marines from the ordnance section of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, load inert explosives into an F-35B Lightning II as part of a regularly scheduled aircraft training relocation at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 15, 2018. [maxgallery id="117647"] ATR's are designed to…
Sea Shield is an annual multinational exercise taking place in the Black Sea and based on a notional crisis response scenario. The exercise is designed to test, conduct, analyze and evaluate Anti-Submarine Warfare activities through the employment of Anti-Submarine Underwater Warfare, Anti-Air Warfare and Maritime Counter Mining. This is to…
U.S. and French navy aircraft perform flight operations during Operation Chesapeake 2018 over the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). Bush is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier air wing exercises with the French navy to strengthen partnerships and deepen interoperability between the two nations' naval forces…
RAAF personnel at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, reach a flying milestone as the Australian F-35As complete their first 1000 sorties. The RAAF F-35A team are working together with the 56th Fighter Wing USAF and Lockheed Martin to develop Australia’s initial F-35A capability. Royal Australian Air Force pilots and maintenance…
Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 work on completing an expeditionary airfield maintenance exercise on Stoval Airfield during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-18 (WTI) at Dateland, Ariz., on March 15, 2018. WTI is a seven-week training even hosted by MAWTS-1 cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six…
Medical providers aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) perform the first robot assisted surgery on board a ship as part of Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18). PP18’s mission is to work collectively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase stability…
Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel have joined the French Armed Forces of New Caledonia to practise Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) as part of Exercise Croix du Sud 2018 (Ex CDS18), 14-25 May. The exercise is held every two years and with eleven participating nations, it is the largest…
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 prepare to refuel F-35 Lightning IIs during a Distributed Short Takeoff Vertical Landing Operation in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-18 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 30. [maxgallery id="117909"] WTI is a seven-week training event…
