Nato Response Force Exercise, 2014

01/30/2014
01/30/2014: Various Land Sea, and Air exercises as part of NATO multi-national training exercise in early 2014. For NRF 2014 rotation NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) gives his specific guidance to JFC Brunssum to train, prepare and certify the Immediate Response Force (IRF) and the elements designated in the Response…

A Cliff Rescue by the USCG

01/29/2014
01/29/2014:A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Air Station San Francisco rescued three injured persons from a car that traveled off the side of a cliff near San Mateo, California on Thanksgiving November 28, 2013.  Credit: USCG District 11:11/29/13  See our interview with the then District 11 Commander, Rear Admiral…

F-16 Maintainers Remove Engine

01/28/2014
01/28/2014: U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft maintenance unit performed an engine removal on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 22, 2014.  Before the engine, that had a bad hydraulic line, could be removed Airmen had to remove  the missiles from the aircraft. The F-16…

Alligator River Rescue by USCG

01/26/2014
01/26/2014: The crew of the Permission Impossible, a 22-foot sailboat, contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders via VHF-FM channel 16 at approximately 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, reporting their sailboat was aground and were in need of assistance.  A Jayhawk crew from Coast Guard Air Station…

US Airlift Rwandan Soldiers to CAR

01/25/2014
01/25/2014: U.S. forces will transport a total number of 850 Rwandan soldiers and more than 1000 tons of equipment into the Central African Republic to aid French and African Union operations against militants during this three week-long operation.   Credit:Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa:1/23/14 According to…

USAF Support to Central African Mission

01/25/2014
01/25/2014: A C-17 Globemaster III out of McChord Air Force Base, Wash., prepares to take off from Entebbe Airport, Uganda, Jan. 23, 2014. U.S. forces will transport a total number of 850 Rwandan soldiers and more than 1,000 tons of equipment into the Central African Republic to aid French and…

Exercising Lift and Tanking Support Surge Capabilities

01/24/2014
01/24/2014: An "Elephant Walk," comprising 12 KC-10 Extenders and six C-17 Globemaster IIIs from the 305th Air Mobility Wing, was held Nov. 21, 2013, as part of a training exercise at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The exercise enabled aircrew, maintenance, command post and operational support personnel to test their ability…