HMH-461 and 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion Parachute Operations

06/23/2015
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…

BALTOPS Exercise and Polish Defense

06/23/2015
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…

The Gurkhas 200 Years of Service

06/22/2015
06/22/2015: For 200 years now, men from Nepal have been serving as Gurkhas within the British army. Their numbers currently stand at around three and a half thousand. The 2nd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles are currently on exercise in Latvia. They’re taking part in Saber Strike which involves 6000 military…

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…

SP-MAGTF Basing at Moron Air Base Consolidated

06/21/2015
06/21/2015: According to an article by Cheryl Pellerin on the DoD website: WASHINGTON, June 18, 2015 – U.S. and Spanish officials yesterday signed an amendment to the nations’ defense agreement that will change the deployment of the U.S. crisis response force at Moron Air Base from temporary to permanent, defense…

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