MCAS Iwakuni Hosts Friendship Day, 2018

05/08/2018
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, hosts the 42nd Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day, at MCAS Iwakuni May 5, 2018.  Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has held a single-day air show designed to foster positive relationships and offer an exciting experience that displays the communal support between…

Antonovs Deliver F-35 Training Equipment to Aussie F-35 Training Center

05/04/2018
RAAF Base Williamtown hosted one of the world’s largest cargo aircraft, an Antonov An-124 on Wednesday 2 May, and Thursday 3 May to deliver F-35A training equipment. The equipment – an F-35 Weapons Load Trainer (WLT) and Ejection Seat Maintenance Trainer (ESMT), unloaded and installed in the Australian F-35 Integrated…

Executing an Air Bridge to Support Insertion Forces During Tailsman Sabre 2017

04/20/2018
The Royal Australian Air force leads a multi national fleet of military aircraft in the skies above Queensland.  In one of Australia’s biggest peacetime air movements of troops and equipment, aircraft from three nations deployed soldiers to the front lines of Exercise Talisman Sabre.  This biennial exercise cements the key…

Arming the F-35 the Marine Corps Way

04/18/2018
Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 mount 1,000 pound Guided Bomb Units onto an F-35B Lightning IIs on the flight deck of the USS Wasp (LHD-1) while underway in the Philippine Sea, March 24, 2018.  This event marked the first time an F-35 has been loaded with live ordnance…

Australian P-8 Trains Over the Indian Ocean

04/16/2018
A Royal Australian Air Force No 11 Squadron P-8A Poseidon with Harpoon missiles attached conducts a training sortie over the Indian Ocean. [maxgallery id="115538"] Australian Department of Defence March 28, 2018

KC-30A Operations During Tailsman Sabre 2017

04/15/2018
KC-30 Multi Role Tanker Transport Operations during Exercise Talisman Saber 2017.  Now in its seventh iteration, the Talisman Saber series of exercises is the principal Australian and US military training activity focused on the planning and conduct of mid-intensity "high end" war fighting in the air, land and maritime domains. …

HMAS Toowoomba Working Naval Cooperation in the APR

04/12/2018
HMAS Toowoomba departed Fleet Base East for a three month deployment to South East Asia. The helicopter frigate will participate in exercises with foreign navies and regional engagement including Malaysia, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea and Singapore. Credit Photos: Australian Department of Defence March 25, 2018