06/01/2013: MAG-16 throws Desert Tantrum [slidepress gallery='mag-16-throws-desert-tantrum'] Credit:Marine Corps Air Station Miramar / 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing:3/14/13 In the first photo, a CH-53E Super Stallion cools down at a forward area refueling point as MV-22 Ospreys fly in the distance during Operation Desert Tantrum outside of El Centro, Calif., March,…
05/31/2013: T-AKE Supporting the USS Jason Dunham at Sea [slidepress gallery='uss-jason-dunham'] Credit:Navy Public Affairs Support Element East:3/8/13 In the first three photos, sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3). Jason Dunham…
05/14/2013: The USS Arlington was dockside in Norfolk where it participated in the Bold Alligator 2013 exercise. It was a synthetic exercise so it was one of several ships which participated in this manner. This slideshow was shot on May 1, 2013 during a series of interviews with participants in…
05/10/2013: Combat Hammer is a week-long air-to-ground weapons system evaluation program known as Combat Hammer. The 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron at Eglin AFB hosts 20 to 25 evaluations at Hill and Eglin each year, assessing weapon system performance, reliability, capabilities, and limitations in realistic combat scenarios against representative real-world targets.…
05/06/2013: SLD’s Murielle Delaporte was in Mali in April 2013 with the French forces and had the chance to have a number of interviews which will be published later. In this slideshow some of her photos of the logistics side of the operation are presented. The operation has drawn heavily…
04/28/2013: U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, Marine Air Control Group 38, prepare a Cargo Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System (CRUAS), for a cargo drop in Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, April 18, 2013. The CRUAS team conducted the mission to resupply Marines in Shir Ghazi, Afghanistan. (U.S.…
04/24/2013: An MV-22 Osprey from Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 26 lands on the flight deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) during flight operations. MSG-26 is performing launches and recoveries from the flight deck in order to complete required qualifications. Bataan is underway conducting training operations…
04/14/2013: First UK Royal Navy student-pilot flies F-35 [slidepress gallery='first-uk-royal-navy-student-pilot-flies-f-35'] Credit:33rd Fighter Wing Public Affairs By: Maj. Karen Roganov 4/10/2013 - EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. The first United Kingdom Royal Navy student aviator at the 33rd Fighter Wing, training to be an F-35B Lightning II instructor pilot, completed his first sortie…
