06/04/2017: The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force's 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, and U.S. Northern Command, successfully intercepts an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense element of the nation's ballistic missile defense…
06/05/2017: U.S. Air Force members from TAAC-Air help train Afghan A-29 Super Tucano pilots in dropping munitions at a training range in Loghar Province, Afghanistan, May 13, 2017. The mission of the 438th AEW is to train, advise and assist Afghan forces. OQAB, AFGHANISTAN 05.12.2017 U.S. Air Forces Central Command Public…
06/05/2017: The towns of Picauville and Coigny in France hold ceremonies honoring the actions of Allied forces during the Normandy invasion of 1944. FRANCE:05.03.2017 Video by Staff Sgt. Brandon Sabin:86th Airlift Wing
06/04/2017: U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, conduct a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise in Jordan, May 8, 2017. This event supported Eager Lion 2017, a recurring multinational exercise designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships, increase interoperability between partner nations,…
06/01/2017: Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 469 supported 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing units during an air-assault course for Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-17 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 13. ITX is a combined-arms exercise enabling units across 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing to operate as…
05/31/2017: A U-2 Dragon Lady from Beale Air Force Base, California U-2 Dragon Lady participated for the first time in Exercise Northern Edge 17 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and showcased the unique capabilities it can bring to the joint fight. JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, UNITED STATES 05.11.2017 9th Reconnaissance…
05/21/2017: The Marine Corps Made history by shooting the F-35B's gun pod in flight for the first time on May 15th, 2017. As Tom Demerly wrote in The Aviationist about the gun pod: The U.S. Marine Corps Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter has completed the test firing of…
05/28/2017: U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, forward deployed to the 3rd Marine Division, as part of the forward Unit Deployed Program, have joined the amphibious forces of Japan, France, and the United Kingdom to execute Jeanne D’ Arc, an annual French led exercise…
