07/01/2015: U.S. Marine pilots flying UH-1Y Venoms provide urban close air support during the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) near Yuma, Ariz., April 3, 2015. WTI is a seven week event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) cadre. MAWTS-1 provides standardized tactical training and certification…
06/30/2015: The Royal Australian Navy Adelaide class frigate, HMAS Melbourne, has successfully fired two Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles, reinforcing her war-fighting and mariner skills. The missile firings were conducted off the coast of New South Wales on 24 June against an unmanned aerial target launched from the Beecroft Range at…
06/30/2015: U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division participate in a heavy Huey raid during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 2-15 at K9 Village near Yuma Proving Grounds, April 8, 2015. WTI is a seven week event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One…
2015-06-29 According to a story on the UK Ministry of Defence website published June 25, 2015, the next steps in bringing the HMS Queen Elizabeth to life have been taken. The 65,000 tonne future flagship of the Royal Navy has undergone months of preparation work by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance…
06/27/2015: U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys flight operations on the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), off of the coast of South Korea, April 2, 2015. The aircraft are with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU is the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed expeditionary…
06/25/2015: U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, execute a vertical raid during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) March 29, 2015. These Marines departed the USS Essex (LHD 2), off the coast of San Diego, in MV-22B Ospreys and landed…
06/23/2015: U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 and 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion (MSOB) conduct parachute operations over Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., on April 1, 2015. HMH-461 supported the Marines of 3rd MSOB by providing transport in CH-53 Super Stallions enabling them to…
06/23/2015: A major maritime exercise involving five thousand six hundred air, maritime and ground forces has moved from Sweden to Poland. This multinational maritime exercise is in its 43rd iteration. BALTOPS 2015 has taken place across Poland, Sweden, German and throughout the Baltic Sea. The exercise is designed to enhance…
