09/10/2015: Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group formation during Talisman Sabre 2015. [maxgallery id="79482"] Credit: USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6):7/16/15 INDIAN OCEAN (July 16, 2015)Eleven of the ships that participated in Talisman Sabre 2015 steam in formation off the western coast of Australia. The ships [from left to right] are…
09/03/2015: A RQ-7B Shadow is launched from a launcher handheld control unit during a training flight at Marine Corps Outlying Field Atlantic Field on July 15, 2015. Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 conducted a training flight to increase familiarization with a RQ-7B Shadow and RQ-21A Blackjack, and train flight…
09/01/2015: USS Antietam Operations TIMOR SEA (July 11, 2015) [maxgallery id="79224"] Credit:Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group : 7/11/15 Sailors aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) heave on a line during a fueling-at-sea with the Royal Australian navy Afloat Support Force ship HMAS Sirius (O…
2015-08-29 Second Line of Defense has visited Williamtown in 2014 and we have done interviews with the Wedgetail squadron; and in 2015 for meetings with the Surveillance and Response Group. According to the Australian Ministry of Defense website: The Royal Australian Air Force is proud to have been a part…
08/26/2015: A helicopter rescue crew from Air Station Cape Cod in Bourne, Mass., trained with the Canadian navy Aug. 24, 2015, in Cape Cod Bay. An aviation survival technician and a public affairs specialist were lowered onto the Canadian Warship HMCS Summerside for a mock medical evacuation. Petty Officer…
08/23/2015:INDIAN OCEAN (June 26, 2015) Sailors from Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) receive stores from Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7) during a replenishment at sea (RAS). Essex, part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and with the embarked 15th…
08/19/2015: An MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), prepares to land on the flight deck of forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and is on patrol in…
08/05/2015: U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (May 28, 2015) Two F/A-18F Super Hornets launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is seen deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq…