Ocean Explorer 2017 Concludes

03/19/2017
03/19/2017: Exercise OCEAN EXPLORER 17 (OE 17) is a major Fleet training activity led by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), and jointly-enabled by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and other nations’ forces. The maritime exercise is one of the largest iterations of the exercise held in the West Australian Exercise…

F-35 Pacific Symposium

03/18/2017
03/18/2017: In this Pacific Update, leaders gathered at Joint Base Pearl harbor-Hickam for the F-35B Lightning II Symposium with an interview of Brig. Gen. Craig Wills, Director of Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Video by Staff Sgt. Mariko Frazee: 3/17/2017 American Forces Network…

U2 Reconnaissance Platform in War Against ISIS

03/16/2017
03/16/2017: U.S. Airmen from the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron prepare, launch and recover two U.S. Air Force U-2S Dragon Lady reconnaissance planes in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia Feb 14, 2017. The U-2 provides high altitude, all-weather surveillance and…

Exercising an Insertion Force

03/15/2017
03/15/2017: Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force conduct an air insertion reconnaissance during Realistic Urban Terrain training at Twentynine Palms, March 6, 2017. RUT is a land-based exercise that provides an opportunity to integrate unique skills and develop the MEU’s collective proficiency in challenging and unfamiliar environments.…

FARP Support

03/11/2017
03/11/2017: Forward air refueling point airmen with the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron conduct a FARP operation at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 26, 2017. The FARP program is a Special Operations Command initiative that trains petroleum, oils and lubrication airmen to perform covert, nighttime refueling operations in deployed locations where…

Helo Refueling Exercise

03/10/2017
03/10/2017: A KC-130J Hercules, assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 234, is staged on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Feb. 23, 2017. VMGR-234 assisted Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 in an aerial refueling training operation to maintain interoperability. Video by Cpl. Zachary Montgomery:…

The Arrival of HMS Forth in the Royal Navy

03/09/2017
2017-03-09 BAE Systems is building a new class of Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Royal Navy. The offshore patrol vessel is intended to carry out a range of economic exclusion zone management tasks such as maritime security, border control, routine patrols, anti-smuggling, counter-terrorism, counter-piracy, and fishery protection, as well as effective…