03/16/2015: USS America Test Firing Sea Sparrows PACIFIC OCEAN (March 12, 2015) Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) test-fires a NATO Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile to intercept a remote-controlled drone during an exercise to test the ship’s defense capability. America is the first in class of a large…
03/15/2015: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and French aircraft carrier Charles de Gualle (R91) transit together in the Northern Arabian Gulf. Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, are deployed supporting maritime security operation and strike operations in Iraq and Syria. Credit:Navy Media Content Services:3/8/15…
2015-03-12 Spain took over the rotating command of NATO’s air policing mission in January 2015. The Spanish Air Force is flying its Eurofighters in this role. According to an El Pais article published on February 19, 2015: Planes from Group 11 of the Spanish Air Force have been in control…
03/10/2015: Airmen from the 386th LRS Aerial Porters help load MRAPs onto a C-17 with 386th Expeditionary Operations Group Credit:386th Expeditionary Operations Group:12/30/14 MRAPs are large and heavy vehicles and approximately three can be carried at a time by C-17s. By ship, although slower, is a more rational way to…
03/08/2015: A B-1B Lancer with the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron deployed to Al Udeid Air Base in support of operations Inherent Resolve and Freedom's sentinel takes off at night. Credit:379th Air Expeditionary Wing:2/25/15
2015-03-07 The video wrap up to the Australian International Air Show published by the Australian MoD on March 1, 2015 highlights events. At this year’s Avalon Air Show, the RAFF has officially released its transformation plan. According to a story on the RAAF website published on February 23, 2015: The Chief of…
03/07/2015: Latvian and Canadian soldiers talk about participating in winter training, part of Operation Reassurance, at Camp Adazi, Latvia. Credit:Natochannel :2/25/15
03/06/2015: Airmen from the 34th Aircraft Maintenance Unit maintaining the B-1B Lancer at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Credit:379th Air Expeditionary Wing:2/25/15 In a story by Patrick Megahan published on Augusut 29, 2014: As the air war over northern Iraq expanded earlier this month, Pentagon officials for first time acknowledged that…
