07/21/2014: Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 has been supporting operations in the pacific theater as they make a permanent move from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. Credit:American Forces Network, Iwakuni JAPAN:7/16/14 By Lance Cpl. D. A. Walters | Marine Corps Air…
2014-07-19 Norway, India and China are all first time participants in RIMPAC 2014. According to the basic statement on the Commander of the Pacific’s website: Held every two years by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), RIMPAC 2014 is a multinational maritime exercise that takes place in and around the Hawaiian…
2014-07-16 Recently, the A400M was refueled by the mulit-mission tanker, the A330MRTT for the first time. According to a press release issued by Airbus Space and Defence on July 16, 2014: Airbus Defence and Space has performed the first air-to-air refuelling of the Airbus A400M new generation airlifter from the…
07/16/2014: RQ-21 RPA for the USN-USMC Team [maxgallery id="67616"] The first two photos are credited to Navy Media Content Services and the next three to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. In the first photo, the RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Air System (STUAS) is recovered…
2014-07-15 By Robbin Laird It was a pleasure when visiting the Second Marine Air Wing in June 2014, to be able to visit with the VMU-2 squadron and to get a perspective on how UAVs are part of the future of combat, and not learn that they are the future…
2014-07-09 By Robbin Laird One does not build military aircraft primarily to fly at airshows. It is fun to see such aircraft, visit static displays and talk with manufacturers and users alike. But the reality of military aircraft innovation is seen in the battlespace, and how operators, maintainers and leaders…
2014-07-14 According to a press release dated today from Airbus Defence and Space: Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed the first paratrooping trials of the A400M new generation airlifter. Spanish Army troops took part in a series of jumps at drop zones in France and Spain. The 11-flight test…
2014-07-12 While the press focuses on the F-35B landing vertically (amazing press out there!), Lt. Col. "OD" Bachman and the squadron is moving from Eglin to MCAS Beaufort where the F-35B partners will train as well in the future. Italians, British and other nations who acquire the B will come…
