Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group: Talisman Sabre 2015

09/10/2015
09/10/2015: Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group formation during Talisman Sabre 2015. [maxgallery id="79482"] Credit: USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6):7/16/15 INDIAN OCEAN (July 16, 2015)Eleven of the ships that participated in Talisman Sabre 2015 steam in formation off the western coast of Australia.   The ships [from left to right] are…

Super Stallions in the Talisman Sabre 2015 Exercise

09/07/2015
09/07/2015: INDIAN OCEAN (July 13, 2015) A CH-53 Super Stallion assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) sits on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). [maxgallery id="79500"] Credit:USS Green Bay: 7/13/15 Other photos show the CH-53E operating off of the ship.…

VMU-2 Conducts a RQ-7B Shadow Training Flight

09/03/2015
09/03/2015: A RQ-7B Shadow is launched from a launcher handheld control unit during a training flight at Marine Corps Outlying Field Atlantic Field on July 15, 2015. Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 conducted a training flight to increase familiarization with a RQ-7B Shadow and RQ-21A Blackjack, and train flight…

USS Antietam Operations

09/01/2015
09/01/2015: USS Antietam Operations TIMOR SEA (July 11, 2015) [maxgallery id="79224"] Credit:Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group : 7/11/15 Sailors aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) heave on a line during a fueling-at-sea with the Royal Australian navy Afloat Support Force ship HMAS Sirius (O…

VMU-2 RQ-7B Shadow Familiarization flight

08/31/2015
08/31/2015:U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 2 conduct a familiarization flight at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C, on July 1, 2015. VMU-2 conducted the internal squadron training to familiarize its new flight operator to the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle. Credit:2nd Marine Aircraft Wing…

E-7A Wedgetail’s contribution to OP OKRA

08/31/2015
08/31/2015: The Australian Air Task Group E-7A Wedgetail aircraft and personnel deliver airborne early warning and control support to Coalition aircraft operating in Iraq and Syria as part of the US-led Coalition air campaign. The single goal of the air campaign is to disrupt and degrade Da’esh’s operations, while the…

USS Theodore Roosevelt Night Flight Operations

08/28/2015
08/28/2015: 5th FLEET AOR (July 7, 2015) U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) conduct night flight operations. The ship is seen deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations conducting maritime security operations. Credit:Navy Media Content Services:7/7/15