Australia, India and Shared C-17 Experience

06/19/2017
06/19/2017: According an article published on the Australian Department of Defence website, Australian and Indian forces recently shared their experiences operating the Globemaster. A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-17A Globemaster III and crew have conducted a one week visit to their Indian Air Force counterparts. Held from 12 to 16…

Arctic Challenge Exercise 2017

06/19/2017
06/19/2017: Arctic Challenge is a multinational training exercise to strengthen partnerships with other armed forces in the Northern European region. The purpose of the exercise is to practice mobilizing; evaluate aircraft, personnel and weapons capabilities; and train in multinational operations. The scenarios involve notional, simulated events, and combined flying operations between…

F-22 Demo Team: “Cold War” Relic or Cutting Edge Air Superiority?

06/18/2017
06/15/2017: The F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team performs on the second day of the Wings Over Wayne Air Show 2017 on May 21st at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. GOLDSBORO, NC, UNITED STATES 05.21.2017 4th Fighter Wing But what they were demonstrating was considered by the preivious president a "cold war"…

Replenishment at Sea

06/18/2017
06/18/2017: U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (may 13, 2017)- USS Bataan (LHD 5) performs a connected replenishment-at-sea with the USNS Laramie (T-AO 203) while underway. Bataan and its ready group are deployed to U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and…

SPMAGTF Marine Training

06/13/2017
06/13/2017: U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, conduct sustainment training while forward deployed in the Middle East, April 26, 2017. SPMAGTF Marines consistently train to enhance their ability to respond to any mission they may encounter while conducting USCENTCOM’s crisis response…

MV-22 Tail Gun Shoot

06/10/2017
06/10/2017: Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363 participates in an MV-22 Osprey tail gun shoot during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-17, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 15. ITX is a combined-arms exercise enabling Marines across 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing to operate as an aviation combat…

Australian Navy Works with Fiji

06/08/2017
06/08/2017: Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Wollongong has completed an official visit to Fiji, including a four-day exercise within Fiji’s Exclusive Economic Zone with the Republic of Fiji Navy Ship Kula. Wollongong is on a South West Pacific deployment, which includes visits to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, as part of the…

Japan and US Work Ampbhious Operations

06/08/2017
06/08/2017: Japan hosts for the first time the 5th annual U.S-Japan amphibious and mine warfare staff talk about evolving amphibious operational capabilities. Sgt. Cheyenne Newman went to Kure to find out more about how Japan and the U-S use their relationship to build a stronger amphibious force. KURE, HIROSHIMA, JAPAN 05.24.2017…