JASDF

11/05/2010
US Marines and JASDF Personnel Conduct Bilateral Exercise 11/05/2010 - U.S. Marines and Japanese Air Self-Defense Force personnel are taking part in an Aviation Training Relocation exercise with the goal of increasing combat readiness and interoperability between U.S. and JASDF personnel. [slidepress gallery='us-marines-and-jasdf-personnel-conduct-bilateral-exercise'] Credit photos and text: Naval Air Facility…

Super Stallions At Work

11/05/2010
Super Stallions Transport Supplies in Sindh Province 11/05/2010 - These photos show USMC forces involved in Pakistan Flood relief. Since Aug. 5, U.S. military helicopters have transported more than 12 million pounds of supplies. The U.S. Marine Corps’ 15th and 26th Marine Expeditionary Units have been operating CH-46 Sea Knight…

Phiblex ’11

11/04/2010
Marines And Philippine Marines Raid Beach As Part of Phiblex '11 11/05/2010 - Marines from Company B, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and Philippine Marines from 12th Marine Battalion Landing Team, Armed Forces of the Philippines are shown conducting a…

A Mad World

10/29/2010
Russia Exporting Missiles to Syria: It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world! By David J. Smith David J. Smith is Director, Georgian Security Analysis Center, Tbilisi, and Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, and was formerly Ambassador to the Strategic Arms Control Talks in the Reagan Administration. Published…

Building the F35C

10/09/2010
Following Up With Armando Martinez, Lockheed Martin Armando Martinez was recently the completion supervisor for the BF-4 or the 4th F35-B; he is now the completion supervisor for the first build of the F35-C, or the naval version of the F-35. [slidepress gallery='building-the-f35c'] Credit: Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth,  Texas, September…

Ensuring The Osprey’s Readiness: The VMM-264 At Work

10/08/2010
An Update on the Osprey at New River Air Station, North Carolina 10/08/2010 -These photos were taken at the end of August 2010 during a visit to New River Air Station.  Repair activities are here being conducted by VMM-264 technicians;  some of the squadron’s Ospreys are also being shown on…

C-17 Air Drop Mission

10/04/2010
U.S. Air Force crew from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron preparing a C-17 Globemaster III for an air drop mission Credit: U.S. Air Forces Central Public Affairs, September 20th, 2010 10/04/2010 - US Air Force transport aircraft dropped 3,800 container delivery system supply bundles in August to troops at remote…