SP-MAGTF Crisis Response Refuels 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit’s CH-53Es over the Mediterranean Sea

07/08/2014
07/08/2014: In the first three photos, first a CH-53E and then two are viewed, from the 22nd Expeditionary Unit conducts an aerial refuel with a KC-130 assigned to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron- 252, over the Mediterranean Sea, June 15, 2014. KC-130Js…

SP-MAGTF Crisis Response Aircraft Conduct Nighttime Air-to-Air Refueling over Spain

07/08/2014
07/08/2014: In the first two photos, an MV-22B Osprey with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response, prepares to conduct nighttime tiltrotor air-to-air refueling with a KC-130J Hercules over the southern coast of Spain, Aug. 22, 2013. The Marines and sailors of SP-MAGTF Crisis Response provide a limited-defense crisis…

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron Daily Operations

07/06/2014
07/06/2014: U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 115 conducted daily operations with the F/A-18 Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., May 15, 2014. Flight hours and maintenance are vital to the success of VMFA and their aircraft.  Credit:2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Combat Camera:5/15/14  

NATO Ships Deployed to the Black Sea

07/06/2014
2014-07-06 Four NATO ships entered the Black Sea July 3, 2014 in a regularly scheduled deployment to enhance NATO solidarity and readiness in the region. The ships are from the Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group TWO (SNMCMG2), one of four NATO fleets that operate on a rotational basis. The NATO…

Evolving Coalition Airpower Interoperability: Bold Quest 14.2

07/04/2014
07/04/2014: Shots of various U.S. and German aircraft taking off from Holloman AFB, N.M. in support of Bold Quest 14.2. Aircraft shown: T-38C, assigned to the 96th Test Group, Holloman AFB, Marine Corps VMX-22 Osprey from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., German Air Force Tornado assigned to the German…

A400M Tests Paratroop Operations

07/03/2014
07/03/2014: The A400M was originally conceived of in a world where lifters were trucks to carry cargo and troops from point A to B.  This world has totally been transformed by operations in the past decade, during which the A400M was being developed and readied for its roll out into…