According to the Australian Department of Defence: “RAAF’s six E-7A Wedgetails are best described as a command centre in the sky. Each is equipped with multiple radars and tech that allows it to scan and communicate with up to 80 aircraft and ground and sea units over an eye-popping distance…
Exercise Sea Explorer is the 2nd of 3 exercises in the annual Sea Series to hone and certify Australia’s Amphibious Forces. The first exercise, Sea Horizon, was a planning exercise in preparation for the subsequent Sea Explorer and Raider exercises. During Exercise Sea Explorer, almost 1800 soldiers, sailors and aviators…
ARABIAN GULF (July 10, 2021) Sailors assigned to the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) chock and chain a UH-1Y Huey, attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162 (Reinforced), during flight operations in the Arabian Gulf, July 10, 2021. Carter Hall is deployed to the…
As seen in the featured photo from June 2, 2021, Vice Adm. Bill Merz, commander, U. S. 7th Fleet, is seen arriving aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of…
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…
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…
This photo slide show highlights the view from the bridge of the USS Gerald R. Ford as seen on a visit at sea to the ship on November 17, 2020.
By Robbin Laird On November 17, 2020, a small number of journalists, most from the local Norfolk based media, flew from Norfolk Air Station to the USS Gerald R. Ford at sea, less than 100 miles off of the Virginia cost. We flew on the venerable C-2 Greyhound, but this…
