04/27/2017: Able Seaman Luke Menz of Australia’s Federation Guard, will read a WWI soldier’s letter during the Anzac Day Dawn Service ceremony at Villers-Bretonneux, in France. On Anzac Day, we remember not only the original Anzacs who died on 25 April 1915, but every one of our service men and women…
04/26/2017: Currently, Langley AFB is hosting a trilateral exercise where 4th generation aircraft from the USAF, the RAF and the FAF are flying with USAF fifth generation aircraft in a high end combat training exercise. F35 taxiing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis during Atlantic Trident 2017. 04.20.2017 Video by Senior Airman Enrique Barcelo…
2017-04-21 By Robbin Laird During my recent visit to Australia, I had a chance to talk with Wing Commander Steven Bradley, Deputy Director Air Combat Transition Office, which is located in Canberra at Brindabella Park close to the airport. Last year, I visited Williamtown where the initial facilities for the…
04/26/2017: HMAS Parramatta undocking after her Anti-Ship Missile Defence upgrade at BAE Systems Henderson Shipyard, Western Australia. HMAS Parramatta achieved a significant milestone in the Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD) upgrade program when she undocked from the BAE Systems Henderson Shipyard in Western Australia on 19 April 2016. The ASMD upgrade program…
2017-04-19 By Robbin Laird During my visit to Australia in April 2017, I had a chance to meet and talk again with Air Marshal Leo Davies, Chief of Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force. During the Avalon Air Show, the RAAF released its long-term strategy document, Air Force Strategy:…
04/26/2017: Airmen from the 349 Air Refueling Squadron use their KC-135 Stratotanker to refuel four F-35A Lightning II fighters on their way to Europe for the first time for a training deployment. Europe is scheduled to begin receiving the fifth generation fighter in the early 2020's. KS, UNITED STATES:04.14.2017 Video by Staff…
04/25/2017: The video highlights F-35s from Hill AFB, Utah, arrive at Royal Air Force Base Lakenheath, England, for a training deployment And we published an interview from a visit to RAF Lakenheath April 4, 2017 which follows: During my visit to the United Kingdom in March 2017, I had a…
04/25/2017: U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) and U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 conducted the first independent Distributed STOVL Operation (DSO) by flying all ordnance, personnel, and fuel in on mission aircraft at Yuma, Ariz., April 13,2017. Marines employed the manual drive…
