Resolute Dragon

01/12/2022
Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 provide fuel and are resupplied by two MV-22B Ospreys at Ojojihara Training Area during exercise Resolute Dragon 21, Dec. 4, 2021. RD21 is the largest bilateral training exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) in 2021. RD21 is designed…

Counter Drone: NATO Actions

01/10/2022
The misuse of small, widely available drones represents a significant and growing risk to NATO operations and day-to-day defence activity. NATO is working with industry to develop capabilities to counter this threat. A trial of various counter-drone technologies and systems was undertaken at an airbase in the Netherlands. The exercise,…

The US Navy in 2021

01/07/2022
The U.S. Navy entered 2021 with a lot on its plate. Forward presence, the Navy’s primary stock in trade for nearly two and a half centuries, remained in high demand. As they have for more than a century, military photographers and today’s Mass Communication Specialists were there to document the…

Warfighter Recovery

01/07/2022
Members from the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Personnel Recovery Task Force and U.S. Africa Command contract Personnel Recovery conducted a complex, multi-day rescue at sea of a U.K. civilian mariner in distress, Nov. 13-14 2021. Members of the WRN received an urgent request for a mariner…

Refueling F-35s

01/03/2022
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker with the 927th Air Refueling Wing, Florida refuels a U.S. Air Force F-35 Lighting II with the 33rd Fighter Wing, Florida. 12.16.2021 Video by Senior Airman Tiffany Emery 927th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

Bomber Presence Patrol (2)

12/31/2021
Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers flew a presence patrol mission in the Central Region that included several partner nation air forces Nov. 11, 2021. RED SEA 11.11.2021 Video by Senior Airman Colin Hollowell United States Air Forces Central