09/06/2013: In this slideshow, the F-35 and F-22 are seen flying together at Eglin AFB. These photos were shot on September 9, 2012 and are credited to Major Karen Roganov, Team Eglin PA, 33rd FW and Sgt. Jeremy Lock. [slidepress gallery='f-22-and-f-35-flying-at-eglin']
08/31/2013: The U.S. Coast Guard interdicted a panga boat with three suspected smugglers aboard more than 100 miles southwest of San Diego, June 18, 2013. After a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft spotted the panga, the Coast Guard Cutter Edisto was diverted to investigate and discovered approximately 250 bales of…
08/05/2013: Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Justin Schatzinger fires a remotely controlled MK 38 MOD II 25 mm Chain Gun from a control station in combat aboard multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) June 5. This weapon can be fired from the control station or from the gun mount…
08/02/2013: U.S. Marines with Romeo Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marines (5/11), Regimental Combat Team 7 fire rockets from a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, June 1, 2013. Marines with 5/11 are deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Credit:Regional Command Southwest:6/1/13
07/30/2013: U.S. Marines and sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and sailors assigned to the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) conduct a resupply at sea aboard the USS Kearsarge while underway May 28. Credit:26th Marine Expeditionary Unit:5/28/13 The 26th MEU is a marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to…
07/27/2013: USS Blue Ridge [slidepress gallery='uss-blue-ridge'] Credit: USS Blue Ridge:5/24/13 In the first photo, Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Jason Ellis, assigned to the Golden Hawks of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC-12), transports an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck aboard U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge…
07/24/2013: These photos show some of the Ospreys involved in the flight tests conducted for the USN to determine if the Osprey would be a good Carrier on Delivery system for the USN. [slidepress gallery='ospreys-of-vmx-22-operating-off-of-a-large-deck-carrier'] Credit Photos: VMX-22
07/24/2013: During a visit in July 2013, a newly forming ACE for a MEU about to go on deployment was generating its aircraft for the mission. This slideshow shows some of those aircraft on the flight line, or being maintained. [slidepress gallery='new-river-air-station'] Credit: Second Line of Defense:2013 The first three…
