05/03/2016: A 1500 lb. Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) leaps from the guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) at twice the speed of sound on its way to destroying an advanced high-speed target during a live fire test of the ship's Aegis weapons…
05/05/2016: 525th Fighter Squadron from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, sent F-22 Raptors to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, in support of Neptune Falcon, a joint air interoperability exercise that demonstrates sustainability and surge operations in a restrictive environment. Credit: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Public Affairs:4/17/16
05/04/2016: F-22 Raptors from Tyndall AFB refuel with a KC-135 from RAF Mildenhall while on a historic flight to Lithuania. A pair of F-22 Raptors and a KC-135 Stratotanker made a stop Wednesday at Siauliai Air Base Air Base in Lithuania, the first time one of the Air Force's most advanced…
05/03/2016: This video contains cockpit footage of Marines and JMSDF service members loading supplies onto an MV-22 Osprey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), and flying to Japanese Ship Hyuga (DDH-181) as part of disaster relief effort. Credit:American Forces Network Iwakuni, Japan :4/23/16
05/03/2016: As Air Commodore Heap, head of the Surveillance Response Group, noted in an interview with Second Line of Defense in March 2016: “We are small but we want to be capable of being a little Tasmanian Devil that you don’t want to play with because if you come at…
05/02/2016: The annual multilateral training Exercise Bersama Shield 16 has wrapped up in Malaysia and Singapore. The 12-day exercise saw the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) nations Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand and the United Kingdom conduct joint maritime, land and air operations in a multi-threat environment from 18-29 April 2016.…
05/02/2016: On April 27th, 2016, F-22s deployed to the Baltics. According to an April 29, 2016 article in RFE/RL: The U.S. Air Force landed two of its most advanced jets in Lithuania for the first time on April 27 in a show of support for a region worried by Russian…
05/03/2016: French Mirage, American F22s and B52 fly over the 100th anniversary celebration of the Lafayette Escadrille in France. Credit: American Forces Network Europe:4/20/16
