11/30/2014: When Aircraft Rescue Firefighters aren’t responding to emergencies on the flight line, they’re training to be first on the scene. Credit:American Forces Network, Iwakuni JAPAN:8/25/14 This story published in 2013 discusses the role of ARFF Marines, in this case in MCAS Beaufort, SC: Marines with Aircraft Rescue and Fire…
11/22/2014: MQ-1's and MQ-9's sitting on the flight line of Holloman AFB, Aug 20, 2014. Credit: Holloman Air Force Base Public Affairs Office:8/20/14 In an article published 2.13.14, Lindsey Anderson writing in Las Cruces Sun-News highlighted the role of RPAs at Holloman. There is a touch of southern…
11/169/2014: U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from the 525th Fighter Squadron stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, lands on the Kadena Air Base, Japan, runway during Keen Sword 2015 Nov. 14, 2014. Keen Sword is a regularly scheduled exercise which strengthens Japan-U.S. military interoperability and meets mutual defense objectives. Japan-U.S.…
11/18/2014:Coalition forces conducting a simulated raid on combat town in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14 (BA 14) aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 7, 2014. BA 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train across the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide insertion forces…
11/17/2014: Kunsan Air base F-16 and ROKAF KF-16 fighting falcons taking off at Eielson AFB during Red Flag 15-1 exercise. And for the first time ROKAF KF-16s participate in Red Flag Alaska. Credit:8th Fighter Wing Public Affairs:11/17/14 According to an article published on 10/21/14 by Senior Airman Taylor Curry of…
11/16/2014: U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 157th Fighter Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., taxi and takeoff for a training mission from Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, Nov. 12, 2014. Swamp Fox Airmen from the 169th Fighter Wing and South Carolina Air National Guard are…
11/13/2014: British Royal Air Force Tornadoes have taken off for the last time in Afghanistan. 31 Squadron is heading home after doing four tours in-country in recent years. According to a piece published November 11, 2014 in The Telegraph: Britain’s RAF’s Tornado GR4 jets have flown their final missions in…
11/08/2014: The initial carrier tests of the F-35 have begun aboard the USS Nimitz. It is clear from our visit to Fallon and our discussion with the head of Naval Warfare that the Navy leadership is getting ready to welcome the F-35 and to leverage the asset to work more…