04/26/2014: A night airborne raid was conducted by the Weapons and Golf Companies of Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, on a notional enemy-held town at a training range aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa. The raid was in support of the 31st MEU's "MEUEX," a week-long…
04/25/2014: F-16 pilots with the 419th and 388th Fighter Wings from Hill Air Force Base, Utah conducted air-to-air combat training alongside the F-35 Lightning II at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. This is the first time Hill F-16 pilots have trained along side the fifth generation F-35. Hill AFB was…
04/22/2014: PERTH Australia (April, 2014) U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 16, operate out of Perth Airport, Australia, to fly missions over the Indian Ocean in support of the international effort to locate Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The aircraft's advanced radar capabilities allow the crew…
04/22/2014: Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, perform maintenance checks on their CH-53E Super Stallions, here, April 18, 2014. The Marines with MRF-D will conduct unilateral training and bilateral training with the Australian Defense Force in the Northern Territory and at existing ADF facilities…
2014-04-22 by Robbin Laird Lieutenant Gen. Terry Robling, commanding general of US Marine Corps Forces Pacific, speaks in front of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin about the relationship between the Australian Defence Force and the United States Marine Corps and the honor Brig. Michael Harris displayed on behalf of both…
2014-04-17 The F-35 training process started at Eglin but now the Marines are moving from Eglin to Marine Air Station Beaufort with the USN taking over the USMC facilities at Eglin. At Second Line of Defense we have regularly followed the standing up of the training processes for the F-35…
04/15/2014:A KC-130J Hercules property of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252, refuels an MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 264 and 266 off the coast of N.C., April 14, 2014. VMGR-252 conducted aerial refueling training with VMM-264 and 266. Credit:2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Combat Camera :4/14/14…
2014-04-15 The ship BBC HOUSTON (IMO: 9331593, MMSI: 368395000) is a General cargo vessel registered in United States. It can carry a gross tonnage of 7000 with a dead weight of 7700. It is 119.7 m x 20.2m. And it was built in 2005 and carries general cargo. Recently, mission-essential gear…
