Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 Commander Dan Catlin and instructor pilot Lt. Kieran Sexton explain the the vital role VFA-106 plays in training freshly minted F-18 aircrew and preparing them for fleet service. VFA-106 is stationed aboard Naval Air Station Oceanna, Virginia Beach, Va. NAVAL AIR STATION OCEANNA, VA, UNITED…
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)
HMAS Adelaide has provided an at-sea platform for the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) CH-47 heavy-lift helicopter crews to requalify in deck landings and take-offs off the coast of Queensland. The RSAF CH-47 crews, permanently based at Oakey in Queensland, spent two days flying from Townsville to HMAS Adelaide…
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)
USTRANSCOM supports Joint Readiness Exercise at Port of Port Arthur, Texas. 09.26.2020 Video by Keith Burghardt U.S. Transportation Command
816 Squadron is the Fleet Air Arm’s MH-60R ‘Romeo’ operational support squadron deploying up to 8 Flights in the Navy’s destroyers and frigates. A multi-role Maritime Combat Helicopter, 816 Squadron aircrew and technicians are specialists in flying and maintaining the MH-60R in order to provide a ship or task group…
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274 attending Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-21 test FUELTRAX at Laguna Army Airfield, Arizona Sept. 28, 2020. The WTI course is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification…
U.S. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, conduct live-fire and maneuver squad supported attacks on Range 10 during exercise Bougainville 2 at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 21, 2020. Bougainville II is the second phase of pre-deployment training conducted by the battalion designed to increase combat readiness…
