05/04/2015: Brigadier General Scott Pleus, 56th Fighter Wing commander, Flies first Wing’s Training Sortie According to a story published on 3/19/15 by the 56th Fighter Wing: The 56th Fighter Wing officially began training new F-35 pilots today when the first student, Brigadier General Scott Pleus, 56th Fighter Wing commander, flew…
2015-05-02 In a story published on the French Ministry of Defense website on April 30, 2015, the initiation of French aid to Nepal was described. A French Air Force A340 was the initial means to deliver French aid to Nepal. [maxgallery id="77263"] The initial shipment was of 17 tons of…
In the video below, released on April 10. 2015, the Netherlands armed forces highlight their contributions to Dutch defense and security, both nationally and internationally. Credit: Dutch MoD
05/01/2015: A CH-47D Chinook and a CH-47F Chinook perform a flyby over the California National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility in Stockton, California, on Feb. 9. The flyby was part of a ceremony unveiling the Cal Guard's new, high-tech CH-47F Chinooks which are replacing the state's aging CH-47D fleet. This…
05/01/2015: Joint Warrior is a UK tri-Service multinational exercise that involves numerous warships, aircraft, marines and troops. Joint Warrior provides a complex environment in which UK, NATO and allied units can go through training together in tactics and skills for use in a combined joint task force. The exercise runs…
04/30/2015:The Utah National Guard travels to Germany to help keep NATO Surveillance Aircraft in the Air. A typical AWACS operational mission last 10 hours, but there is a need for air refueling to takeoff, operate over the objective area, and land safely. Three aircrews and 19 maintenance personnel from the…
04/30/2015: In this phase of Exercise JOINT WARRIOR, a simulated air attack against Spanish warship Mendez Nuñez off the coast of Scotland is highlighted. This is one tactical exercise among many within Exercise JOINT WARRIOR, which ran from April 11-24 off the coast of Scotland. NATO’s three standing naval forces…
04/29/2015: MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters are used to transfer ordnance off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) to USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) while underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Theodore Roosevelt and George H.W. Bush are seen conducting training exercises in the…
