Polar Star Returns following Operation Deep Freeze 2015

03/25/2015
03/25/2015: The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a high-endurance icebreaker, returns to their homeport of Coast Guard Base Seattle from a 101-day Antarctic deployment, March 10, 2015. The crew deployed in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015, a multi-agency operation managed by the National Science Foundation. Credit: U.S.…

NATO AWACS Practices Approaches on Chièvres Air Base

03/23/2015
03/23/2015: NATO E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) LX-N 90443 performs a touch-and-go landing under supervision of the 424th Air Base Squadron Control Tower on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, March 06, 2015. The E-3A component, NATO's first integrated, multinational flying unit is responsible for providing airborne surveillance, command, control and communication…

The Royal Australian Navy Supports Operation Pacific Assist

03/23/2015
03/21/2015: The Australian Defence Force (ADF) was tasked to support Australian Government assistance to the people of Vanuatu following the devastation of Tropical Cyclone Pam. HMAS Tobruk set sail to Vanuatu from the Port of Townsville in mid-march 2015, loaded with much needed supplies and ADF personnel, to help assist…

USN Reservist Flying the F-35B and the F-35C

03/22/2015
2015-03-22 This video includes several shots of the operation of the F-35C as well as the F-35B operating off of the Nimitz and the WASP. The ability to operate from the sea provides a significant capability to enhance the overall effects from combined land and sea airpower. The video has…

C-130J Formation Flies in Australia

03/20/2015
03/20/2015: On 11 March 2015, No 37 Squadron (37SQN) flew a six-ship formation of C-130J Hercules transport aircraft on a tactical training flight over rural New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, and western Sydney. The purpose of the flight was to allow 37SQN to maintain currency in tactical formation flying…

USS Mississippi (SSN 782) Getting Underway

03/19/2015
03/19/2015: The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) departs from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a routine underway. Mississippi is one of four Virginia-class submarines home-ported in Pearl Harbor.  Credit: Commander Submarine Forces Pacific:1/5/15