PACIFIC OCEAN (July 21, 2020) The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) celebrates its 200,000th arrested landing. Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting carrier qualifications in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeremiah Bartelt)
The 18th Wing executed the third iteration of Exercise WestPac Rumrunner with joint partners Oct. 16th and focused on improved interoperability as well as fine-tuning agile combat employment concepts. ACE is the cornerstone of the wing’s operating concept. It enables forces to operate from locations with varying levels of capacity…
B-52H Stratofortresses land at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 20, 2020, as part of Global Thunder 21. Exercises like GLOBAL THUNDER involve extensive planning and coordination to provide unique training opportunities for assigned units and forces. BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, LA, UNITED STATES 10.20.2020 Video by Senior Airman Christina…
An MH-60R Sea Hawk, attached to the "Easy Riders" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37, delivers a payload to the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands. Underway replenishment sustains the fleet anywhere/anytime. This event was designed to test and…
Seven US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon jets are used to help Bulgaria police Alliance airspace in and around the Black Sea region. The multirole fighters, based at Aviano Air Base in Italy, are flying training missions and patrols alongside Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets in early autumn…
U.S. Marines with 3rd Transportation Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), establish a helicopter support team (HST) aerial lift at Landing Zone Dodo, Okinawa, Japan, October 19, 2020. This training showcased the interoperability between 3rd MLG, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and 3rd Marine Division to integrate…
U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, conduct Assult Support Tactics (AST-3) in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-21, from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, to Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 16, 2020. The WTI course is a seven-week training event…
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 18, 2020) – A rolling airframe missile fires aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) during their Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT), Oct. 18, 2020. The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group is participating in SWATT off the coast of Virginia to maintain…
