07/15/2014: UAS Shadow Company from the Michigan Army National Guard operating the Shadow. Credit Video: 126th Public Affairs Operations Center:5/19/14 The US Army and USMC have used the Shadow UAV in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to the USMC: The recent development and fielding of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) has delivered…
07/12/2014: Several ships depart Pearl Harbor for the sea phase of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Departing ships included: USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7), USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), HMCS Victoria, USS Cape St. George (CG 71), ROKS Wang Geon (DDH 978). Credit: Commander U.S. THIRD Fleet, Public Affairs…
07/12/2014: A key part of the evolving exercise regime in the Pacific is allies working with allies In this case, Philippine Airmen with 302nd Air Intelligence Squadron, 300th Air Intelligence Security group and Royal Australian Air Force members with 11th squadron, No. 92 Wing, stationed at RAAF base Edinburg, Australia,…
2014-07-11 The Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector (UHAC) begins to rotate on the beach, July 9, at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows on Oahu, Hawaii during a Marine Corps Advanced Warfighting Experiment. The AWE is the culmination of a decade of progressive experimentation conducted by the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL)…
07/08/2014: U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Training Squadron (VMAT) 203 conducted Operation Angry Birds with TAV8-B Harrier aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort S.C., May 13, 2014. The operation provided the Marines with enough flight hours to become certified Harrier pilots. Credit:2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Combat Camera:5/13/14
2014-07-06 Four NATO ships entered the Black Sea July 3, 2014 in a regularly scheduled deployment to enhance NATO solidarity and readiness in the region. The ships are from the Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group TWO (SNMCMG2), one of four NATO fleets that operate on a rotational basis. The NATO…
07/06/2014: U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 115 conducted daily operations with the F/A-18 Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., May 15, 2014. Flight hours and maintenance are vital to the success of VMFA and their aircraft. Credit:2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Combat Camera:5/15/14
2014-07-05 At a presentation in early June 2014 to the Airbus Defence and Space Trade Media briefing held in Spain,the head of the A400M Program within the company, Rafael Tentor-Aunon, noted that 90% of the flight-testing is now done with 6343 flight hours and 2278 flights conducted. And in a…
