USS Tripoli F-35 Flight Ops

07/15/2022
Amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) conducts flight operations with F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, May 23, 2022. 05.23.2022 Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Peter Burghart USS Tripoli (LHA 7)

Airlifting the CH-53K to Germany

07/14/2022
U.S. Air Force aircrew members from the 16th Airlift Squadron and U.S. Marines from Marine Test and Evaluation Squadron-1, airlift a CH-53K King Stallion via a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from U.S. Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., to Berlin, June 14, 2022. JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, SC…

Finns Train with Estonian Forces

07/11/2022
Finnish troops teamed up with Estonia’s Scouts Battalion for Exercise Siil 22, a national defence exercise that tests the readiness of Estonian forces Synopsis Finnish troops are working side by side with the Estonian Army for Exercise Siil 22, a semi-annual exercise designed to test the readiness of the Estonian…

Defending Gotland: BALTOPS 22

07/08/2022
As Gotland is vital to securing the Baltic Sea, Swedish troops practise rapidly reinforcing the island during BALTOPS 22, a US-led maritime exercise. The Swedish island of Gotland hosted defence drills as part of Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 22, an annual United States-led maritime exercise. Situated roughly 100 kilometres off the…

RAAF Annual Drone Racing Tournament

07/07/2022
The annual Air Force Drone Racing Tournament, this year hosted at RAAF Base Amberley from June 16th-19th, invited all racers within the ADF to test their skills and compete to qualify for a spot in the Australian Drone Nationals. Civilian Drone operators from around Brisbane were invited to watch and…

Exercise Hedgehog 22

07/06/2022
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. William Horton, an unmanned aircraft systems operator and the Stalker team assigned to Task Force 61/2, assembles a satellite during Exercise Hedgehog 22 near Saaremaa, Estonia, May 19, 2022. Task Force 61/2 is participating in the Estonian-led exercise Siil 22 (Hedgehog 22 in English). Siil 22…

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4)

07/04/2022
CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy (May 9, 2022) Sailors assigned to the Lewis B. Puller expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4) went on a five month deployment. Hershel “Woody” Williams is rotationally deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S.,…