The UK Engagement with the USS Wasp F-35B Opertional Tests

05/28/2015
2015-05-28 By Maj. Paul Greenberg 5/26/15 USS WASP, At Sea -- As the first operational test of the F-35B Lightning II takes place aboard the USS Wasp this week, service members from the United Kingdom are working alongside their U.S. Navy and Marine Corps counterparts to assess the integration of…

The Maturation of the Osprey: A Perspective From Visiting the Boeing Plant Near Philadelphia

05/28/2015
2015-05-28 By Robbin Laird Arriving at Boeing’s Philadelphia site, one is presented with a large industrial park where Boeing produces the venerable Chinook and a significant part of the world’s only military tiltrotor aircraft, the Osprey. And on the Boeing line, CV-22s as well as MV-22s are produced with the…

USS WASP F-35B Ship Integration (1)

05/27/2015
05/27/2015: On May 26, 2015, several journalists flew to the USS WASP aboard an Osprey from the Pentagon to the ship, which was operating off of the North Carolina coast. In addition to viewing the ops of the F-35B aboard the ship, there was opportunity to talk with the crew…

An Update on the USS WASP-F35B Ship Integration Tests

05/27/2015
2015-05-27 According to a communication to the journalists who traveled to the USS WASP on May 26, 2012. Major Greenberg, a PAO officer with the USMC provided a helpful update on the operational testing and their progress. "The first phase of shipboard Marine Corps F-35B operational test (OT-1) is in…

Norwegian F-16s Fly with RAF Typhoons in Baltic Air Policing Role

05/27/2015
05/27/2015: NATO Baltic air policing flight over Lithuania as seen in May 2015. Norwegian Air Force F -16 fighter jets fly alongside Typhoon fighters from RAF while they fulfill their Baltic air policing role. Credit: Natochannel:5/21/15 According to an RAF story published on May 13, 2015: RAF Typhoon jets operating…

P8 Operations in the South China Sea

05/27/2015
05/27/2015: A P-8A Poseidon from Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 captures surveillance footage of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) conducting land reclamation operations in the South China Sea. Credit:Fleet Combat Camera Pacific:5/20/15 According to CNN, while operating in international airspace, the Chinese regularly threatened the P-8 during its mission. The…

Osprey at the Eight-Year Mark: Preparing for the Next Phase

05/27/2015
2015-05-17 By Robbin Laird This September, the Osprey will reach an 8-year mark in its operational deployment history. In September 2007, the Osprey was deployed for the first time to Iraq. The USMC Commandant Conway and Deputy Commandant of Aviation Castellaw announced and made the decision to deploy the Osprey…

F-35B Operational Testing Aboard the USS Wasp

05/27/2015
2015-05-27 On May 26, 2015, several journalists flew to the USS WASP aboard an Osprey from the Pentagon to the ship off of the North Carolina coast to talk with the Navy and Marine Corps personnel about the operational testing aboard the ship of the F-35B, its operations shipboard and…