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Looking at Red Flag 17-3 from a Marine Corps Point of View

Posted on August 7, 2017 | by Caroline Teames
08/07/2017
UMSC and Red Flag 17-3.
Posted in Con Ops, HOME, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month | Tagged 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, F-35A Lightning II, F-35B Lightning II, Marine Corps, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Red Flag 17-3, short takeoff vertical landing, STOVL, Wake Island Avengers

Shaping a Manned-Unmanned ISR/Strike Capability at Sea: The Case of the Fire Scout and the MH-60S

Posted on July 31, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
07/31/2017
The future of aviation certainly offers the distributed fleet a suite of capabilities that are met between a pairing of manned and unmanned systems.
Posted in Con Ops, What's New

USAFE Prepares for US Deployment of F-35s in Europe: Working With Allies Who are Leading the Way

Posted on July 29, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
07/29/2017
Key allies are standing up F-35 squadrons at home prior to the USAF showing up with their own F-35 squadrons.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Re-Focusing on Electronic Warfare: Shaping 21st Century Combat Capabilities

Posted on July 29, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
07/29/2017
The next seminar to be held by the Williams Foundation in Canberra will focus on electronic warfare.
Posted in Con Ops, What's New

The B-1B Bomber in Support of the Talisman Saber 2017 Exercise

Posted on July 24, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
07/24/2017
The modest sized US bomber force has been busy in the Pacific.
Posted in Con Ops, HOME

Australian ARG Force Insertion Exercise

Posted on July 23, 2017 | by Caroline Teames
07/23/2017
For the first time, soldiers from the Australian Amphibious Ready Group have launched an entire battle group ashore by both surface and air means.
Posted in Con Ops, Video, What's New | Tagged 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, Australian ARG Force, Exercise Talisman Saber 17, HMAS Canberra, Insertion Exercise, Royal Australian Regiment, Shoalwater Bay Training Area

Exercise Dynamic Mongoose 2017

Posted on July 23, 2017 | by Caroline Teames
07/23/2017
Dynamic Mongoose participants were training anti-submarine warfare (ASW) interoperability and anti-surface capabilities.
Posted in Con Ops, Video, What's New | Tagged Anti-Submarine Warfare, Canada, Denmark, Exercise Dynamic Mongoose 2017, France, Germany, Iceland, NATO, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, SNMG1, Standing NATO Maritime Group One, United Kingdom, United States

USAF and USMC Combine F-35 Capabilities at Red Flag 17-3

Posted on July 22, 2017 | by Robbin Laird
07/22/2017
As the F-35 mission continues to grow, so will the operators, maintainers and the system as a whole.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New
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