Arctic Pegasus

06/22/2014
06/22/2014: One of the skill sets used with effect in Afghanistan has been precision air dropping.  This experience is being carried forward elsewhere. In this video, footage is shown of a heavy cargo drop followed by Airborne Soldiers jumping at the Deadhorse drop zone for Arctic Pegasus 2014. This mobility…

Operation Golden Eagle (2)

06/16/2014
6/16/14: Soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team and 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, participate in Operation Golden Eagle. This is the first brigade sized Air Assault Training Operation conducted at Fort Campbell, KY in more than a decade. Credit Video:1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public…

LCAC Recovery

06/14/2014
06/14/2014: Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, unload a landing craft air cushion (LCAC) aboard the USS Makin Island during Amphibious Squadron Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego, Calif., April 9, 2014.  PMINT is a…

P-51st Return to Normandy for the 70th Anniversary of D-Day

06/11/2014
06/11/2014: Historic P-31 Mustang aircraft fly by Gray Army Airfield at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in a "Victory" formation, June 6, 2014. Greg Anders (wing) is flying a P-51D from Heritage Flight Museum; John Sessions (lead) is flying a P-51B from Historic Flight Foundation; and Carter Teeters (wing) is flying a…

C-47s Return to the Normandy Beaches

06/11/2014
06/11/2014: Original Normandy C-47 flys over the beaches and villges it flew over 70 years ago with the help of the 37th Airlift Squadron's C-130. Two WWII vets, Bill Prindible and Bud Rice, watch from inside the newer plane as the plane they flew glides through the sky. Credit:86th Airlift…

Operation Golden Eagle

06/10/2014
06/10/2014: Soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team and 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, participate in Operation Golden Eagle. This is the first brigade sized Air Assault Training Operation conducted at Fort Campbell, KY in more than a decade. Credit Video:1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public…

E-3 AWACS Combat Sortie Over Afghanistan

06/07/2014
06/07/2014: Aircrew with the 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing flew the E-3 Sentry AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) over Afghanistan on April 5, 2014 to provide airborne surveillance, command, control, and communications functions to aerial forces in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  Credit:U.S. Air…