2D LAAD Live-Fire Exercise

06/10/2015
06/10/2015: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joshua C. Price, a gunner with Alpha battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (2D LAAD) Battalion, fires a Stinger Weapon System during a live-fire exercise at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 19, 2014. 2D LAAD conducted the exercise to familiarize Marines with the…

Belleau Wood Aerial Views

06/10/2015
06/10/2015: A quad copter is used to capture aerial footage in the village of Belleau, France and around the Belleau Wood Cemetery May 29 to June 1, 2015. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa:5/31/15   For those who are not Marines, the meaning and importance of at Belleau…

MV-22 Timelapse Video

06/08/2015
06/08/2015: Timelapse of MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft taking off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is seen in its role as the lead ship of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and, along with the embarked 31st Marine…

EMALS Testing Begins Aboard CVN-78

06/08/2015
06/08/2015: U.S. Navy Sailors, civilian employees and contractors observed a "dead-load" test of the new electromagnetic aircraft launching system (EMALS) aboard Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). The weighted sled was launched into the James River where it was recovered for additional test launches. Credit:U.S. Navy video/Released:6/4/15 For a…

B-2s in the UK

06/08/2015
06/08/2015:B-2 Spirits land June 7, 2015 at Royal Air Force Fairford, England, with both active duty and Air National Guard Airmen from the 509th and 131st Bomb Wings participating in hot-pit refueling and an engine-running crew change.   These skills tests validate the vital importance RAF Fairford plays in projecting the…

KC-135s Arriving for BALTOPS

06/08/2015
06/08/2015: KC-135R's from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England arrive in Powidz, Poland during BALTOPS 2015. BALTOPS is an annually recurring multinational exercise designed to enhance flexibility and interoperability, as well as demonstrate resolve of allied and partner forces to defend the Baltic region. Credit:65th Air Base Wing:6/5/15…

Plan Jericho Demonstration

06/07/2015
06/07/2015: Senior Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel today toured an Air Force C-17A Globemaster in Canberra fitted with a new advanced satellite communication and imagery display system for its crew and passengers – an outcome of Air Force’s Plan Jericho. The newly-installed system was used to stream full motion video…

Dutch F-16 Engaged Over the North Sea

06/06/2015
2015-06-06 In this video released by the Dutch MoD on June 2, 2015, one gets the perspective from a Dutch F-16 cockpit of flying in an exercise. These images are from the cockpit of a Dutch F-16. After the taxiing and taking off from Airbase Leeuwarde, the North Sea is…