02/25/2015: United States Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force's maintainers work together during Cope North 2015. Credit: Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs:2/23/15 According to a PACAF story published on 2/19/15: by Staff Sgt. Melissa B. White Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs 2/19/2015 - ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- More than…
2015-02-22 According to a story on the French Air Force website, the Atlas A400M flew to the United Arab Emirates to deliver cargo to the French military. [maxgallery id="74966"] The A400M demonstrates a bit more each day its extraordinary capacity for projection. It can fulfill this type of mission…
2015-02-14 Australia’s Air Task Group (ATG) consisting of six RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets, an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft and a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft continue to support Operation OKRA with missions in Iraq. Nearly 400 personnel have deployed to the Middle East as part, or…
2015-02-12 The A400M is being operated already by 4 air forces, with 4 more initial customers to come. It is early days but the interactive process of multi-national training will be a crucial aspect of shaping an A400M enterprise. A briefing provided in 2012 by the head of training for…
2015-01-14 Clermont-Ferrand is a key location for the maintenance of French Air Force (FAF) aircraft. [caption id="attachment_73790" align="alignnone" width="300"] The arrival of the A400M at Clermont-Ferrand for its first maintenance at the FAF maintenance facility on January 12, 2015. Credit: FAF[/caption] As the A400M squadron is stood up and its…
2014-12-18 The US Department of Defense officially announced the decision to standup up the initial sustainment centers in the Pacific for the F-35. According to a story by Claudette Roulo, DoD News, Defense Media Activity: WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2014 – Japan and Australia will be sharing maintenance and upgrade duties…
2014-12-11 By Murielle Delaporte During her visit to Djibouti, M. Delaporte was able to talk with with Public Affairs Officers Lieutenant-Colonel Jeffrey Jones (USAF, CJTF-HOA) and Lieutenant Seamus Nelson (US Navy, Djibouti), on November 12th, 2014 at Camp Lemonnier . They provided a very clear look at the transformation of the base…
12/13/2014 With the delivery of the first A400M to the RAF and with the standing up of the first French squadron of the A400M, more information will come from the services about their use of the aircraft. The promise of the aircraft is to provide greater payload, speed and range…
