The USMC came last year with their F-35Bs; and then this year the USAF came with their F-35s to a Red Flag exercise. Now the two are working together in training for fifth generation enabled air operations. The USAF perspective was provided in an article published on July 10, 2017. NELLIS…
2017-07-17 In the United States, the US Navy is the cutting edge service with regard to developing and deploying directed energy weapons technology. In part this is because ships have enough power to generate the energy necessary to operate current and next generation DE technologies. A laser has been deployed…
2017-07-22 Second Line of Defense has visited RAAF Amberley several times and has published several interviews of RAAF personnel operating from the base. This includes the KC-30A and C-17 as well Super Hornet and now the Growler leadership. During the last visit, we interviewed Group Captain Braz about the coming…
2017-07-19 Recently, the UK, Norway and the US signed an agreement to work together on ASW in the North Atlantic, which will leverage the joint acquisition of the P-8 aircraft. This agreement and the evolution of the aircraft is yet another example of the US and its allies standing up…
2017-07-19 About 11,000 U.S. and NATO service members from 20 countries took part in the 2017 Saber Strike exercise. The exercise took place in various regions in the Baltics and Poland from May 28-June 24. Saber Strike 17 is a long-standing Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed, U.S. European Command-scheduled, U.S. Army…
2017-07-19 Exercise Diamond Storm, run by the RAAF Air Warfare Centre, is one of the practical components of the Air Warfare Instructors Course, which graduates students who are experts in Australian Defence Force capabilities and integration across the services, and also have technical mastery of their own roles, capabilities and…
2017-07-18 The U.S. Navy's Electronic Attack Squadron 132 are operating out of RAAF Base Amberley for Exercise Talisman Saber 2017. QLD, AUSTRALIA 07.08.2017 Video by Staff Sgt. Tom Conning 122nd Public Affairs Operations Center
07/18/2017: Exercise Red Flag 17-3 Commences in Nevada By Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Sarver, 99th Air Base Wing NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev., July 11, 2017 — Red Flag 17-3, a three-week air-to-air combat joint training exercise, commenced here yesterday, Air Force officials said. Officials said Red Flag consists…
