HNLMS Karel Doorman Boarding Exercise

05/06/2018
The Royal Netherlands Navy joint support ship HNLMS Karel Doorman is a very versatile ship. In the featured video (in Dutch) a boarding role for the ship is highlighted in providing for security at sea. In 2015, we discussed the ship and its role in an interview with the ship’s…

Italian Air Force at Work in Estonia

05/06/2018
The first quarter of this year, with the Danish Air Force in the lead, the Italian Air Force contributed its Eurofighters to the QRA mission in the Baltics. As David Cenciotti noted in a March 14, 2018 piece on the mission: As part of the Task Force Air (TFA) 36°…

Stinger Trainer Launch Simulator Shoot at Sea

04/24/2018
U.S. Marines with Marine Air Control Group (MACG) 28 Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Detachment, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a Stinger Trainer Launch Simulator (STLS) shoot aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) in the Mediterranean Sea, March…

USS Wasp Flight Ops

04/22/2018
F-35B Lightning II pilots with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit perform flight operations aboard the USS Wasp (LHD-1) during Certification Exercise, April 13, 2018. The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11 conduct Certification Exercise as the final evaluation in a series of training exercises which ensures readiness for crisis response…

Exercise Frisian Flag 2018 (2)

04/22/2018
Between 9 and the 20th of April, a large air combat exercise was held at Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands. The exercise is called Frisian Flag 2018. Participating aircraft from several countries in the world will be airborne twice a day. 04.11.2018 Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric…

12th Air Force Participates in Chilean Air Show

04/21/2018
Twelfth Air Force (AFSOUTH) joined with Airmen from across the United States to support the FIDAE (Feria Internacional del Aire y del Espacio) Air Show, April 3-8 in Santiago, Chile. Over 240 Airmen and nine U.S. Air Force aircraft arrived in Chile for FIDAE, the largest air show of its…