02/17/2016: Luke's first B-course students conducted their first training sortie in the F-35 getting ready for their combat deployment assignment.. LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- The Air Force’s first F-35 Lightning II basic flight course class took to the skies for the first time as they entered the live flying portion…
02/15/2016: The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the Japan Ministry of Defense (MoD), and U.S. Navy sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a flight test Feb. 3, resulting in the first intercept of a ballistic missile target using the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA off the west coast…
2017-02-03 Red Flag 17-1 Commanders discuss changes to this exercise with participation from the F-35A. A number of key perspectives are provided throughout, ranging from the key role of the reserves, to the important role of the Wedgetail, to the F-22 squadron having already learned from the Marines with regard to…
02/10/2017: HMAS Parramatta conduct damage control exercises during sea qualification trials. Credit: Australian Ministry of Defence:12/08/16
02/07/2017: United States Marine Corps Air Traffic Control Facilities Officer Captain Joseph Ellis discusses the F-35B Lightning II refueling exercise taking place on Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 31, 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl Desiree D King) CAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES Credit:Marine Corps…
02/05/2017: An A-29 Super Tucano arrives on the flightline Sept. 26, 2014, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The A-29 is a multi-role, fixed wing aircraft that will provide the Afghan Air Force air-to-ground capability and aerial reconnaissance capabilities to support its counterinsurgency operations. Afghan pilots and maintainers begin training…
02/05/2017: On December 23rd 2015, Prykarpattyaoblenergo Power Plant in the Ukrainian town of Ivano-Frankivsk came under cyber attack. This is what happened. IVANO FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE: Natochannel: 12/23/2016
02/04/2017: Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and ROK minister of National defense Han, Minkoo give remarks during Sec. Mattis' first visit to the ROK since appointment as SECDEF. The press conference was held at the ROK ministry of national defense in Seoul, Korea. Video by Sgt. Ryan Sharp :American Forces Network…
