B-1s Deploy to the Pacific for Maritime Missions

10/20/2016
10/20/2016: B-1B Lancers from the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, are participating in Exercise Valiant Shield for the first time. The B-1B aircraft are operating in the U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility for the first time in a decade after serving a critical role…

An Overview on the F-35 as a Flying Combat System

10/12/2016
2016-10-12 In this video produced by Lockheed Martin, a video overview on the F-35 as a game changer is discussed. It is the synergy of the F-35 with evolving combat approaches which is shaping and will shape  transformational capabilities. As Rear Admiral Manazir, N-9 for the US Navy has put…

Operations Render Safe 2016 Concludes

10/11/2016
10/11/2016: Operations Render Safe 16 has come to a fitting end in the Solomon Islands following a reconnaissance mission to the Western Provinces that will pave the way for the future destruction of Explosive Remnants of War (ERW). An enduring annual Australian-led mission, this year the operation destroyed over 10 tonnes…

Clearing a Solomon Islands World War II Munitions Cache

10/07/2016
10/08/2016: Royal Australian Navy clearance divers hauled in over 3.5 tons of WWII munitions from the ocean in the Solomon Islands in a single morning during Operation Render Safe in September. The Australian Clearance Diving Team One found 82 United States 155mm high explosive projectiles off Guadalcanal just 50 meters from…

Touring the P-8

10/06/2016
10/06/2016: Vice Adm. James G. Foggo III and the P-8 Poseidon crew discuss the plane's capabilities. FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MD, UNITED STATES 09.19.2016 Video by Daniel Zaborows For our report on the P-8/Triton dyad, see the following: http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/the-arrival-of-a-maritime-domain-awareness-strike-capability-the-impact-of-the-p-8triton-dyad/

Valiant Shield 2016:Photoex Formation

10/04/2016
10/04/2016: As James Gigliotti, now the F-35C Navy Program Manager at Lockheed Martin and previously commander of the Aircraft Carrier USS Harry Truman, put it: "One has to understand that distributed operations have always been crucial to carrier operations. In what we used to call “chain saw”, F-14s would operate at…