10/04/2016: As James Gigliotti, now the F-35C Navy Program Manager at Lockheed Martin and previously commander of the Aircraft Carrier USS Harry Truman, put it: "One has to understand that distributed operations have always been crucial to carrier operations. In what we used to call “chain saw”, F-14s would operate at…
10/03/2016: Commander, Task Force (CTF) 75 and its Task Groups participate in Exercise Valiant Shield 2016. Valiant Shield is a biennial, U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps exercise held in Guam, focusing on real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces at sea, in the air, on land and in cyberspace. CTF-75…
10/01/2016: Sailors assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron Two (CRS-2) conduct operational testing with Coastal Riverine Group 1, Det Guam Mark VI Patrol Boats during Valiant Shield 2016 in Santa Rita, Guam, Sep. 17, 2016. Valiant Shield is a biennial U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps exercise held in Guam, focusing…
2016-09-30 This French video does a great job of placing the French Air Force and its men and women within the context of serving the nation and its interests. It is in French but really very well done. One can understand the reason Americans joined the famous Lafayette Escadrille squadron.…
The 100th F-35A Lightning II lands in late August 2016 at its new home at Luke AFB, with the 62nd fighter squadron. Video by Airman 1st Class Joshua Altice 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs 08/26/2016
2016-09-29 Various video shots from the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke AFB. F-35 at Luke AFB from SldInfo.com on Vimeo. Video by Senior Airman Jenna Bigham 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs 09/28/2016
2016-09-29 Recently, the new Chief of Staff of the USAF, General David Goldfein, referred to the "moral imperative of high end training." "I came to believe that high end training against the most difficult threat in the most difficult environment is nothing short of a moral obligation, and we had…
2016-09-24 Senior Japanese and U.S. government officials joined Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to celebrate the roll out of the first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II, marking a major milestone in Japan’s enhanced national defense and strengthening the future of the U.S-Japan security alliance. The ceremony was…
