The USAFE Warrior Prep Center hosted Spartan Warrior 20-09, the largest Combined Air Operations simulation exercise to test a new training simulator. These exercises will help improve interoperability, operational fluidity for NATO partners and allies, and strengthen coalition force cohesion. Future Spartan Warriors will further develop the vision for Joint…
In this slideshow and video, a US Navy fighter jet lands onboard the USS Gerald R. Ford during the cyclical operations training cycle as seen on a visit to the ship on November 17, 2020.
By Robbin Laird On November 17, 2020, a small number of journalists, most from the local Norfolk based media, flew from Norfolk Air Station to the USS Gerald R. Ford at sea, less than 100 miles off of the Virginia cost. We flew on the venerable C-2 Greyhound, but this…
Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) weapons department move and build MK-82 500-pound class inert bombs May 30, 2020. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting integrated air wing operations. 05.29.2020 Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Seelbach USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)
345th EBS sortie on Sept. 25th in support of Bomber Task Force 20-04. EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, AK, UNITED STATES 09.25.2020 Video by Master Sgt. Theodore Daigle 307th Bomb Wing
Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) weapons department and personnel attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 load MK-82 500-pound class inert bombs and other inert ordnance onto F/A-18E Super Hornets on the ship’s flight deck during flight operations May 30, 2020. Ford is underway in the…
Aviation Ordnancemen assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conduct inert training bomb movement from the magazine to the flight deck during flight operations. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting integrated air wing operations. 05.30.2020 Video by Seaman Apprentice Angel Jaskuloski USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)
The Royal Australian Navy is certifying a standing Task Group dedicated to Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving. The Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Task Group (MCDTG) is a deployable staff capable of planning and executing Mine Warfare operations using units from Navy’s Mine Warfare, Clearance Diving, Hydrographic, Meteorological and Patrol…
