07/11/2013: U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing prepare to preserve nine MV-22B Osprey aircraft for shipment to Okinawa, Japan on Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, Calif., June 9, 2013. The nine aircraft are being transferred to Okinawa,…
07/08/2013: Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s and crews assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, train and certify for the 2013 season during week-long training. The 153rd AW works in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service and lead planes. The Wyoming Air National Guard, in addition…
07/06/2013: A Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 from the 153rd Airlift Wing, after following a U.S. Forest Service lead plane, performs a training mission which includes water drops near the Medicine Bow National Forest, May 10, 2013. The Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd AW held its annual MAFFS certification…
07/06/2013: In this slideshow, we are highlighting some additional photos of the Sally B flying at the end of the ceremony dedicating the monument to the 10 crew members shot down over Noirmoutier Island France, on July 4, 1943. We also show the monument as well. [slidepress gallery='additional-b-17-photos-from-june-30-2013'] Credit:Second Line…
07/06/2013: An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), during nighttime flight operations at sea, June 27, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force forward deployed to the U.S. 5th…
07/04/2013: Marines serving with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, team up with Assault Craft Unit 5, a Navy unit based out of Camp Pendleton, CA, to make an amphibious landing. The Marines learned how to tie down their light armored vehicles onto ACU-5's landing craft air cushion, a…
07/03/2013: The final phase of the ceremony was the unveiling of the monument to the B-17 crew. Following the ceremony, several planes flew over the beach but the queen of the event was clearly the B-17 come low over the beach where her brother was still to be found in…
07/03/2013: The Air Force announced that Luke AFB has been chosen as the location for 72 additional F-35A Lightning II aircraft, bringing the eventual total number of the fifth-generation fighters expected here to 144. Credit: 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs: 6/27/13 The Air Force's initial decision to establish an F-35…