CV-22 Trains Aboard LHD

04/17/2017
04/17/2017: A CV-22 Osprey from the 8th Special Operations Squadron, stationed at Hurlburt Field Fla. lands for the first time at the Landing Helicopter Deck (HLD) at Duke Field, Fla. The LHD will serve as part of the aircraft carrier qualification for U.S. Air Force CV-22s, decreasing the amount of time…

Australian Army’s North-West Mobile Force

04/15/2017
04/15/2017: The Australian Army’s North-West Mobile Force (NORFORCE) is a Regional Force Surveillance Unit that conducts surveillance, reconnaissance and community engagement across remote areas in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. NORFORCE operates over 1.8 million km2 of country stretching from Broome to Groote Eylandt and Darwin to Alice Springs. NORFORCE…

CVN 78 Begins Builder’s Sea Trials

04/14/2017
04/14/2017: According to an article written by Hugh Lessig and published in the Daily Press on April 9, 2017, CVN 78 is going to sea. "CVN 78 construction is 99 percent complete and ready to begin initial sea trials," said Capt. Thurraya Kent, referring to the ship by its alternate designation.…

Exercise Diamond Shield

04/14/2017
04/14/2017: The 2017 Diamond Shield Exercise at RAAF Base Williamtown highlights the benefits of the Air Force’s Air Warfare Centre training of Air Warfare Instructors. Diamond Shield is one of the practical components of the Air Warfare Instructors’ course, whose graduates are experts in Australian Defence Force capabilities and integration across…

RAAF in Exercise Cope North 2017  

03/31/2017
03/31/2017: Exercise COPE NORTH 17 (CN17) is a Commander Pacific Air Forces sponsored multilateral field training exercise involving the United States Air Force (USAF), Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). CN17 involves large force employment Air Combat Exercise with Dissimilar Air Combat Tactics and a…

RAAF Weapons Strike Against Daesh

03/30/2017
03/30/2017: The first item in the video shows dynamic strike targeting. During an F/A-18A mission in support of Iraqi Security Forces in Operation OKRA a building in Mosul was being used as a defensive fighting position by persons identified as Daesh fighters. Australian Special Forces identified through UAV video that the…