06/29/2013: Paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, participate in a palletized heavy equipment drop on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Credit:4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs:4/17/13
06/28/2013: Landing craft, air cushion vessels transport vehicles and equipment assigned to 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), off the coast of Onslow Beach, N.C., March 13, 2013. The 26th MEU is deploying to the 5th and 6th Fleets area of operations. The 26th MEU…
06/26/2013: An MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (VMM-161) lands onboard the JS Hyuga (DDG-181), during Dawn Blitz 2013 for the first time in history off the coast of Naval Base Coronado, June 14. [slidepress gallery='osprey-lands-on-japanese-ship-for-the-first-time'] Credit: 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade:6/14/13 Exercise Dawn Blitz 2013 is a multinational…
06/26/2013: According to a 33rd Fighter Wing Press release on June 22, 2013: The U.S. Navy’s Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-101 received the Navy’s first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant aircraft from Lockheed Martin today. U.S. Navy pilots and maintainers from VFA-101 are now training at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.,…
06//27/13: Philippine and U.S. Marines and key civilians participate in Osprey movements at Crow Valley, Tarlac Province, Philippines as a part of Balikatan 2013. Credit:8th Theater Sustainment Command:4/15/13
06/27/2013: Japanese Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) lands on San Clemente Island, West Cove, as a part of Exercise Dawn Blitz. Exercise Dawn Blitz 2013 is a multinational amphibious exercise off the Southern California coast that refocuses Navy, Marine Corps and coalition forces in their ability to conduct complex amphibious…
06/26/2013: MV-22B Ospreys with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing wait to take off to take a battalion of Marines to 29 Palms during Dawn Blitz 2013, June 21. Exercises like Dawn Blitz 2013 provide realistic relevant training necessary for effective global crisis response expected of the Navy and Marine Corps. [slidepress…
06/26/2013: An HC-130J COMBAT KING II air refuels two HH-60G PAVE HAWKs during Exercise Angel Thunder 2013. Angel Thunder is the world's largest Personnel Recovery exercise, supporting the DoD which affirms Personnel Recovery as "One of the Highest Priorities." AT provides the most realistic PR training environment available to USAF…