Night Tactics Training at WTI-2-18

06/25/2018
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 prepare an MV-22 Osprey for takeoff during night tactics training in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-18 at Short Takeoff Vertical Landing expeditionary airfield in Dateland, Ariz., April 9. [maxgallery id="118074"] WTI is a seven-week training event hosted…

Global Hawk Arrives at Misawa Air Base

06/25/2018
An RQ-4 Global Hawk, assigned to the 69th Reconnaissance Group, Detachment 1, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, lands at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 1, 2018, for a temporary intra-theater routine deployment.  [maxgallery id="117999"] The movement maintains operations for Global Hawks during months of inclement weather endured at Andersen, such…

Honoring the Australian Veterans of the Battles of Fire Support Patrol Bases Coral-Balmoral

06/22/2018
Former members of 3rd Battallion, Royal Australian Regiment, who fought in the Battles of Fire Support Patrol Bases Coral and Balmoral are honoured as they march into the Madden Club at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville. [maxgallery id="118091"] The commemorative service was followed by a demonstration of 3 RAR’s mechanised combined arms…

Aussie A330MRTT Works with P-8 Poseidon

06/21/2018
Over the period 27 February to 14 April 2018 members from the Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU) and 33 Squadron deployed to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in the United States, to undertake clearance testing between the KC-30A and the Poseidon P-8A aircraft. [maxgallery id="117750"] The testing was jointly…

Operation Resolute

06/14/2018
Operation RESOLUTE is the Australian Defence Force’s contribution to a whole-of-government effort to protect Australia’s borders and offshore maritime interests. [maxgallery id="117579"] The Area of Operations covers approximately 10 per cent of the world’s surface and includes Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone - extending up to 200 nautical miles around the…

VMFA-121 At Misawa Air Base

06/13/2018
Marine Aircraft Group 12 forces deployed several F-35B Lightning ll's for a regularly scheduled aviation training relocation at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 9, 2018.  [maxgallery id="117631"] ATR's are designed to increase operational readiness and bilateral interoperability for both U.S. and Japanese forces.  AOMORI, JAPAN 05.22.2018 Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexia…

VMFA-121 Works Standard Ordinance Evolution

06/12/2018
Marines from the ordnance section of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, load inert explosives into an F-35B Lightning II as part of a regularly scheduled aircraft training relocation at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 15, 2018.  [maxgallery id="117647"] ATR's are designed to…