08/01/2016: Stars light the sky as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sails through the seas of 7th Fleet. Ronald Reagan, Carrier Strike Group (CSG 5) Flagship, is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.…
07/23/2016: Polish minesweepers practice looking for mines several times a year to maintain the skills of their crew. Interviews with Polish Navy personnel both on land and at sea. Footage includes shots of Polish Navy minesweeping vessels at work in the Baltic Sea, dredging for mines and dropping sonar equipment into…
07/18/2016: In-cockpit footage from Hawgsmoke 2016. Credit: 355th Fighter Wing:7/1/16
07/15/2016: In complete darkness and with temperatures below minus 30 degrees, Australia has successfully undertaken its first midwinter airdrop to Casey research station in Antarctica. A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-17A Globemaster III dropped 1500 kilograms of cargo for the Australian Antarctic Division onto the Casey plateau on Saturday. While…
07/15/2016: Royal Australian and United States Air Force personnel are conducting military search and rescue training off the coast of Townsville as part of Exercise Angel Reign 16. The scenarios have seen a number of people rescued from life rafts in the Coral Sea with United States pararescuemen winching them to…
07/10/2016: HMAS Adelaide, the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) second Landing Helicopter Dock, has arrived in Adelaide for the first time in support of the Australian Army's Exercise Hamel 16 (EXH16). Exercise Hamel is crucial for the Army to test and evaluate its capability as a maritime strategy focused and capable organization.…
Marines with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One and a Royal Air Force pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 successfully conducted the first ever trans-Atlantic flight of the F-35B Lightning II, June 29, 2016. The piliots highlight the ground up experience of the two services bringing the…
2016-06-30 By Staff Sgt, Natasha Stannard This historic flight that brought the team to the United Kingdom from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.[WNJSUAAP1] , was a first for not only the Lightning, but the Extender as this was the KC-10’s first time refueling the F-35A, trans-continentally. “Any time there is a…
