2017-08-21 By Robbin Laird and Norman Polmar Undersea warfare is becoming more complex as an increasing number of nations are operating submarines, advanced submarines and seafloor mines are being proliferated, and there are an increasing number of seafloor military and commercial activities world wide. Thus, there are increasing demands for…
08/20/2017: Gen. James M. "Mike" Holmes shares his thoughts on the role the Mobility Air Forces play in the Air Combat Command mission, international partnerships and Mobility Guardian. Mobility Guardian is Air Mobility Command's premier exercise, providing an opportunity for the Mobility Air Forces to train with joint and international partners…
8/2/17
Saxon Warrior is an exercise designed to develop theater-specific
combat skills, as well as enhance cooperation between U.S. and U.K. forces and governmental agencies.
Led by the Royal Navy's Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), Saxon Warrior '17 presents a myriad of challenges to the multinational and multi-platform force by creating…
2017-08-16 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake During our visit to NAWDC, we had a chance to talk with Captain Enfield, an experienced naval aviator with several tours of duty in Japan and Pete Milham, the NAWDC Technical Director. We discussed with them the evolution of NAWDC to build out…
08/18/2017: Two C-130s from Little Rock Air Force Base, La., taxi and takeoff. A C-130 from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, taxis. A C-17 from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and a C-130 from AETC taxis. Airmen perform maintenance on a KC-10 from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. More than 3,000…
08/18/2017: A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, refueled U.S. F/A-18s and Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons during a refueling mission over the Atlantic Ocean as part of exercise Saxon Warrior, Aug. 8, 2017. Saxon Warrior is a United States and United Kingdom…
2017-08-14 By Edward Timperlake and Robbin Laird During our recent visit to Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center or NAWDC, Captain Leif “Weed” Steinbaugh, Director of Training at NAWDC, provided our first briefing which oriented us to the changes at NAWDC since we last visited Fallon Naval Air Station in 2014.…
08/17/2017: E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft with Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 return to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 9, 2017. VAW-125 deployed aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) for the first time with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5. The E-2D is the latest variant of the…
