2015-01-19 The F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter conducts its first arrested landing aboard the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) aircraft carrier off the coast of San Diego, November 2, 2014. This video provides a perspective from the USN with regard to the F-35C coming to the carrier airwing.…
2015-01-19 Although the F-22 and F-35 have flown together previously, now training to bring together the core competencies of the two systems into a coherent combat force has begun. As the former head of the Air Combat Command put it in an interview with Second Line of Defense: People focus…
01/15/2015: The Marines are seen participating in their final exercise in October 2014 as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise before their deployment at the end of 2014. [maxgallery id="71158"] Credit Photos :INSERT HERE In the first photo, a Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th…
01/15/2015: We are shortly publishing two articles built around interviews with the French Air Force (FAF) which is the launch customer for the aircraft. The FAF has underscored that the multi-national aspect of the program is a core foundation for shaping common concepts of operations and laying the foundation for…
2015-01-12 During our last interview with the then head of the Military Sealift Command, Admiral Buzby, the reinvention of the Ponce was a focus of attention. In an article published on April 12, 2012 we highlighted the importance of the reinvention. The USS Ponce (LPD-15) was launched on 20 May…
2015-01-12 For the first time, the new Australian airborne early warning and C2 aircraft is operating in combat. Australia’s Air Task Group (ATG) consisting of six RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets, an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft and a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft continue to support Operation…
2015-01-11 The Prime Minister of Australia, the Honorable Tony Abbott, MP, has visited Royal Australian Air Force personnel assigned to the first Australian Air Task Group (ATG) in the Middle East Region who are approaching the end of their deployment on Operation OKRA and preparing to return to Australia. Approximately…
01//10/2015: Underwater video of the USS Utah Memorial during a data-collecting evolution in Pearl Harbor, October 23, 2014. The National Park Service is working with several companies and agencies to gather data points to create an accurate 3D model of the ship. Credit:Fleet Combat Camera Pacific: 10/23/14
