K-MAX Helicopters Arrive at MCAS Yuma

06/25/2016
06/25/2016: The Marine Corps' first two Kaman K-MAX Helicopters arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Saturday May 7, 2016.  The K-MAX will be added to MCAS Yuma's already vast collection of military air assets, and will utilize the station's ranges to strengthen training, testing and operations across the Marine…

Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron

06/15/2016
06/15/2016: A CH-53E assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron 302 (HMHT-302) conducting flight training over Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., April 27, 2016. Combat Camera captured aerial imagery while HMHT-302 conducted flight training. Credit:Marine Corps Installations East Combat Camera (MCB CAMP LEJEUNE & MCAS NEW RIVER):4/28/16  

HMAS Perth First Deployment to the Middle East

06/15/2016
06/15/2016: Family and friends gathered at Fleet Base West, Rockingham to farewell HMAS Perth as she departed for the Middle East Region to relieve HMAS Darwin. The Commander Australian Fleet, RADM Stuart Mayer, CSC and Bar, RAN and Commander Australian Surface Force, CDRE Lee Goddard, CSC, RAN were on hand and…

Red Flag Alaska 16-2

06/13/2016
06/13/2016: According to a USMC story published on June 8, 2016, the Marines are participating in Red Flag Alaska 16-2. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314, and Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, traveled to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to participate in…

Aussie Vietnam Veterans Return Home: The Repatriation of the Remains of 33 Aussie Servicemen

06/12/2016
06/12/2016: Two Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster aircraft touched down at RAAF Base Richmond on 3 June 2016 at 10.30am to return home to Australia the remains of 33 Australian service personnel and dependents, many of whom were casualties of the Vietnam War, from cemeteries in Malaysia and Singapore. The…

DST Partnership Week

06/11/2016
06/11/2016: The Defence Science and Technology Group (DST) is staging open days at its Melbourne laboratory for industry and academia to showcase innovative technologies being developed to give the Australian Defence Force a capability edge. The Partnerships Week event (6 to 10 June) is part of DST's outreach campaign for closer…

MSC’s USNS Charles Drew Conducts Trilateral Replenishment-at-Sea

06/10/2016
06/10/2016: The dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) conducted a replenishment at sea, April 19, 2016 with three U.S. and foreign vessels that recently participated in exercise Komodo.  Credit:Military Sealift Command Far East: 4/19/16