09/15/2011 by Col Robert "Juice" Newton USAF (ret) The coming weeks will see Congress debate various recommendations from the so-called deficit reduction super committee and the stakes could hardly be higher. This committee has until Thanksgiving to find $1.5 trillion in budget cuts and failure to do so will lead…
09/14/2011: 1st Cavalry Division soldiers teaching Iraqi Army soldiers preventive maintenance on ground combat vehicles. Credit: 362nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment:07/23/11
09/13/2011: Sea Knight USMC Ops [slidepress gallery='sea-knight-usmc-ops'] Credit: USN Visual Service: 7/17/2011 (1st Photo); 7/9/11 (remaining photos). In the first photo, CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters assigned to the Evil Eyes of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 refuel on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer during night…
09/12/2011: PANAMAX 2011 is an annual multinational training exercise sponsored by U.S. Southern Command focusing on the security of the Panama Canal. Involving 16 nations from the Western Hemisphere and more than 3,500 civil and military personnel, the 12-day exercise takes place off the coasts of Panama and the United…
09/12/2011 In this picture, one sees the Sec Def getting off of the Osprey from a flight last week. He obviously is a happy commuter. [caption id="attachment_23901" align="alignleft" width="640" caption="Credit: USN Visual Service"][/caption]
09/10/2011 In this video, workers are seen turning steel from the September 11th destruction of the World Trade Center into a ship that will operate for decades in taking the fight back out into the global arena. The ship was built in New Orleans. Twenty-four tons of steel from the…
09/09/2011 The Winner of the Eurofighter Typhoon Amateur Photography Competition The first annual Eurofighter Typhoon Amateur Photography Competition concluded last week when a panel of experts met in Eurofighter headquarters in Munich to choose the winners.The judges, who included Eurofighter photographer Geoffrey Lee from Planefocus; Neil Bury, author of the…
09/08/2011: An A-10 Thunderbolt II is refueled over southern Afghanistan. The most prominent feature of the A-10 Thunderbolt II is the 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling-gun cannon. This weapon is capable of firing 3,900 rounds a minute and can defeat an array of ground targets, including tanks. Both the A-10…
