Evolving Mission Requirements New Cutter Arrives in Alameda, California The Coast Guard Cutter Waesche transits through the San Francisco Bay for the first time en route to its homeport of Alameda, California on February 28th. 2010. The Waeshe is the second Legend Class cutter and is scheduled to be commissioned…
In the first two photos, Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Goodley, an aviation ordnanceman, signals a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter to approach the littoral combat ship USS Freedom during a vertical replenishment with the U.S. Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Campbell. The USS Freedom is conducting counter-illicit trafficking operations…
This slide shows underscores the key role rotorcraft as well as other airborne assets are playing the current Afghan operation. [slidepress gallery='scarface-march-15'] The first two photos show an AH-1W "Super Cobra" helicopter with Marine Light Attack Squadron 367, Marine Aircraft Group 40, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, lifting off shortly after sunrise,…
The video shows a recent flight of the F-35 test aircraft BF-1. The aircraft flew four sorties on March 10th, 2010, culminating in the 40 kt approach. There are currently three F-35Bs at Patuxent River. The flight seen in the video is one of the last flights prior to the…
