Target Launch

05/03/2021
A U.S. Air Force BQM-167A Subscale Aerial Target launches during a Weapons Systems Evaluation Program exercise at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Jan. 27, 2021. Using sub scale drones give pilots the opportunity to fire live munitions and missiles during training to train the way they fight. 01.27.2021 Video by…

Military Sealift Command Looks to Expand Air Support Options for its Hospital Ships

04/28/2021
Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is currently conducting dynamic interface testing operations off the coast of Southern California. The operations are tests for compatibility usage of variants of the V-22 Osprey and MH-60 Seahawk with the ship’s new flight deck, and the first time a V-22…

Emerald Warrior 21

04/28/2021
Navy aircrew from the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Nine conduct training with U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing during Exercise Emerald Warrior-21, Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 18, 2021. Water operations training is part of training for exercise Emerald Warrior that focuses on U.S…

Arctic Warrior 2021

04/26/2021
American and Canadian personnel participate in a simulated aerial assault as part of Arctic Warrior 21. A detachment from the Royal Canadian Air Force’s 450th Tactical Helicopter Squadron, based out of Petawawa, Ontario, joins elements of 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, and 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, both…

USS Abraham Lincoln Operations in U.S. Third Fleet AOR

04/22/2021
The USS Carl Vinson will go to sea this year with the first operational F-35Cs and CMV-22Bs onboard. Next up will be the USS Abraham Lincoln. Currently, Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. These photos provide highlights of the flight operations…