2015-01-19 Although the F-22 and F-35 have flown together previously, now training to bring together the core competencies of the two systems into a coherent combat force has begun. As the former head of the Air Combat Command put it in an interview with Second Line of Defense: People focus…
2015-01-12 During our last interview with the then head of the Military Sealift Command, Admiral Buzby, the reinvention of the Ponce was a focus of attention. In an article published on April 12, 2012 we highlighted the importance of the reinvention. The USS Ponce (LPD-15) was launched on 20 May…
2015-01-12 For the first time, the new Australian airborne early warning and C2 aircraft is operating in combat. Australia’s Air Task Group (ATG) consisting of six RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets, an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft and a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft continue to support Operation…
2015-01-11 The Prime Minister of Australia, the Honorable Tony Abbott, MP, has visited Royal Australian Air Force personnel assigned to the first Australian Air Task Group (ATG) in the Middle East Region who are approaching the end of their deployment on Operation OKRA and preparing to return to Australia. Approximately…
01//10/2015: Underwater video of the USS Utah Memorial during a data-collecting evolution in Pearl Harbor, October 23, 2014. The National Park Service is working with several companies and agencies to gather data points to create an accurate 3D model of the ship. Credit:Fleet Combat Camera Pacific: 10/23/14
01/07/2015: The SBX is a one of a kind radar deployed near Japan used for monitoring missile threats in the Pacific, notably from North Korea. Credit:Commander Navy Region Hawaii:10/24/14 According an Hawaii News Now story published in 2011: The SBX-1 structure towers, 28 stories high. "It's similar to a Nimiz…
10/05/2015: The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) performs vertical replenishment and refueling with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO-197.) Rodney M. Davis, stationed in Everett, Wash., is seen on patrol in the Indian Ocean in support of regional security and…
01/04/2015: The third Littoral Combat Ship, the USS Fort Worth, is on its maiden deployment in the Pacific. It is home ported in San Diego, and is currently part of the search team for the missing A320 which crashed in the Pacific. The USS Fort Worth is deployed with a…
