12/10/2012: General Jacoby, NORTHCOM/NORAD Commander [slidepress gallery='general-jacoby'] Credit:NORTHCOM/NORAD In photo 1, Gen. Charles Jacoby, commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM, gives a keynote address to the Celebrate America's Military Spirit of America Dinner hosted by the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Nov. 8. The event featured military attendees from local installations…
12/09/2012: The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) pulls alongside the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193) to conduct replenishment at sea. Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed amphibious ready group and is operating in the U.S.…
12/08/2012: Marines offload fuel from a KC-130J Hercules aircraft at Tinian’s West Field Dec. 3 during Exercise Forager Fury 2012. [slidepress gallery='rapid-ground-refueling-on-tinian'] Credit: Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni: 12/3/12 The aircraft transferred more than 4,000 gallons of fuel to the expeditionary fuel point here. The Marines are Bulk Fuel Specialist with…
12/08/2012: A Cargo Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System (CRUAS) with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 3, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) lands and takes off on Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2012. VMU-3 deployed to Afghanistan to support and conduct counter-insurgency operations. Credit:…
12/08/2012: Dutch, German and American service members manning the Patriot Missile System. And such capability can provide NATO with means to provide for extended defense, for example in the aid of Turkey against threats from Syria. The Netherlands has been a donor of Patriot missiles to NATO ally Turkey in…
12/04/2012: Video showing U-2 cockpit and landing and takeoff operations. With the new version of Rover, the U-2 can operate as a high-flying WIFI. Credit: 9th Reconnaissance Wing:10/8/12
12/04/2012: Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman assist with the unload of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator. The USS Harry S. Truman is the first aircraft carrier to host test operations for an unmanned aircraft. The navy plans to conduct X-47B carrier deck handling tests…
12/2/2012: The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Confidence offloaded 2,245 pounds of marijuana, with a wholesale value of approximately $2 million, at Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral, Sunday. The crews of the Coast Guard Cutters Confidence and Dauntless intercepted a 30-foot vessel suspected of smuggling narcotics Aug. 17, south…
