05/22/2014: A rugged mountain range surrounds Bagram Air Field on three sides, including this mountain on the north end of the runway. There were strong winds at Bagram Air Field the morning of Feb. 15, 2014, which enabled the normal haze in the valley to clear. [slidepress gallery='flying-from-bagram-air-field'] Credit:455th Air…
05/22/2014: This video highlights the initial Aegis ashore test. Credit Video: Missile Defense Agency:5/21/14 The Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Navy, and sailors at the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex and Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), successfully conducted the first flight test involving components of the Aegis Ashore system.…
05/21/2014: Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462 helping to battle brush fires in Southern California, May 14, 2014. Credit: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar / 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing:5/14/14
05/21/2014:The USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM-25), a 534-feet-long Missile Range Instrumentation Ship, operated by the Military Sealift Command, departs Oregon via the Columbia River. Credit Video: Oregon National Guard Public Affairs Office:5/16/14 The Oregon Military Department released photos Monday of a 534-foot U.S. Navy ship that sailed down the Columbia…
05/21/2014: French Engineers from the 31st Engineer Regiment construct a wire obstacle while coming under attack from OPFOR during Combined Resolve II. Credit:131st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment:5/19/14 The U.S. Army's European Rotational Force is participating as well in a major exercise alongside NATO allies and partner-nation forces at the Army's…
05/20/2014: A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 stationed at Okinawa, lands during Balikatan 2014 in Crow Valley, Philippines May 15, 2014. Balikatan is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. armed forces designed to strengthen interoperability and country-to-country…
05/19/2014: U.S. Airmen began Icelandic Air Policing operations at Keflavik International Airport, Iceland, May 16, which will continue until June 5. Credit: Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa:5/15/14 "We are excited to be back in Iceland again for Icelandic Air Policing," said Lt. Col. Lendy Renegar,…
05/19/2014: Philippine Marines with Marine Special Operations Group, stationed at Fort Bonifacio, Naval Station and U.S. Airmen with 31st Rescue Squadron, 18th Operations Group stationed at Kadena Air Force Base conduct military free fall, high altitude, low opening parachute jumps at Basa Air Base, Floridablanca, Republic of the Philippines, during…