F-35B Lighting IIs assigned to the "Avengers" of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 participate in a Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise and Maj. Chris Brandt, F-35B pilot assigned to VMFA 211, conducts an interview on the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) in the Pacific…
Lance Cpl. Taryn Escott, Marine Corps Forces Central Command AFB MACDILL, Fla. -- The F-35B Lightning II aircraft arrived at U.S. Central Command on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., April 4, 2018. The purpose of the two-day visit was to inform CENTCOM senior leadership on the capabilities and limitations of…
Soldiers from Task Force Talon, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command hone their Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or (THAAD) skills during a pallet de-configuration and reconfiguration training exercise on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Oct. 26, 2017. The training allows the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command…
His Majesty’s Australian Submarine AE1 was launched in the yard of Vickers Ltd at Barrow-in-Furness, England on 22 May 1913. She commissioned at Portsmouth on 28 February 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Commander Thomas Fleming Besant, RN. She was the first of two E Class submarines built for the fledgling Royal Australian…
Aircrew from No. 1 Squadron, will be providing a quick reaction force as part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) support to the Queensland Government for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft will be on alert to respond to any incursion of the airspace for the…
United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress Bombers arrive at RAAF Base Darwin to train with the Royal Australian Air Force as part of Enhanced Air Cooperation. Enhanced Air Cooperation builds on a broad range of combined air exercises and training activities undertaken between the US and Australia, which regularly involve…
Air Defenders from Crew Two, Delta Battery, 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery, 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command Spc. Julian Avina, launcher operator, Sgt. Joseph Rivera, section chief, Spc. Troy Devin, forklift operator, Sgt. Carl Miller, squad leader and Spc. Devin Hyman, a Patriot crew member, conducted a…
Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-18's flight phase began at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, April 2. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps aviation in support of a Marine…
