Engineering Support for Australia’s Air Task Group

06/21/2015
06/21/2015: Australia’s Air Task Group (ATG) as part of Operation OKRA comprises six RAAF F/A-18A Hornets, an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft and a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft. Nearly 400 personnel have deployed to the Middle East as part of, or in direct support of the…

Air Refueling of F-35s

06/19/2015
2015-06-19  F-35′s from the 56th Fighter Wing are seen with two KC-135′s for an aerial refueling mission over Arizona. Credit Video: 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs 6/5/15 And the perspective from MCAS Beaufort: Fueling a fighter jet mid-mission isn’t as easy as exiting a highway to top off your tank. It’s really…

USS Bonhomme Richard Flight Deck Operations

06/18/2015
06/18/2015: MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Reinforced), and AV-8B Harrier jets, assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 231, take off and land on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Credit: Navy Media Content Services:3/19/15  

56th Fighter Wing F-35 Refueling Mission

06/15/2015
06/15/2015: F-35's from the 56th Fighter Wing took flight with two KC-135's for an aerial refueling mission over Arizona. Credit:56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs:6/5/15   And the perspective from MCAS Beaufort: Fueling a fighter jet mid-mission isn’t as easy as exiting a highway to top off your tank. It’s really…

Arctic Challenge Exercise 2015 Ends

06/15/2015
06/15/2015: The Arctic challenge exercise is now completed as of June 5 2015. According to the SCAN Post: Arctic Challenge Exercise 2015 (ACE 2015), one of Europe’s largest fighter jet exercises in the Nordic countries with more than 4000 persons participating started on May 25. Lead nation this time is Norway as…

Refueling Norwegian F-16s In Red Flag 15-2

06/15/2015
06/15/2015: Footage of boom operator MSgt Aaron Meadows, 18th Air Refueling Squadron, 931st Operations Group, McConnell Air Force Base, KS, conducting refueling operations aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker. During the flight, F-16s from the 338th Squadron, Norway, refueled over the Nevada Test & Training Range during the second week of Red…

Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) Pierside

06/15/2015
06/15/2015: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (June 8, 2015) Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) moored pierside at Newport News Shipbuilding as work on the ship continues. Credit: Navy Media Content Services:6/8/15 For a look at CVN-78 and a comparison with the two other Western large deck carriers see the following:…