07/07/2016: Task Group 659.1, including HMA Ships Canberra, Warramunga, Ballarat and HMNZS Te Kaha arrive in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii for the commencement of the world’s largest maritime warfare exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016. The Australian Defence Force is deploying three ships, three aircraft and more than 1,650 personnel to…
07/06/2016: The ordering, assembling, and loading munitions is a full time job at Australia’s main air operating base in the Middle East region. The assembly and loading of weapons is undertaken by Armament Technicians using the necessary ground support equipment. This activity is usually conducted at night to avoid the high…
07/05/2016: Bulk Fuel Specialist Marines and Marine aviation crew chiefs with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th MEU fuel aircraft at a Forward Armament and Refueling Point (FARP) aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 11, 2016. The mission of a FARP is to provide fuel and ordnance necessary…
07/02/2016: Documentation of the first F-35A trans-Atlantic aerial refuel on the way to the United Kingdom. Credit: Air Combat Command:7/1/16
07/02/2016: F-35B making its first transatlantic flight. Three F-35’s flew from MCAS Beaufort in South Carolina and landed at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. They were assisted by two KC-10’s. Footage courtesy of Cpl. Brian Burdett: 6/29/16
07/02/2016: F-35B Lightning IIs depart from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort June 29. Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 pilots and maintainers are traveling to the United Kingdom to support the Royal International Air Tattoo and the Farnborough International Airshow. Personnel and equipment from both the U.S. Marine Corps and the…
07/01/2016: Ospreys training at Davis-Monthan AFB May 2016. Credit:355th Fighter Wing:5/19/15
06/30/2016: Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, embarked aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), conduct and air-and-sea-power demonstration with USS Stockdale (DDG 106). Credit: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74):5/17/16
