153rd Airlift Wing: Fire Fighter Training

07/08/2013
07/08/2013: Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s and crews assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, train and certify for the 2013 season during week-long training.  The 153rd AW works in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service and lead planes. The Wyoming Air National Guard, in addition…

Osprey Nighttime Flight Operations

07/06/2013
07/06/2013: An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), during nighttime flight operations at sea, June 27, 2013.  The 26th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force forward deployed to the U.S. 5th…

Light Armored Reconnaissance Marines Join Navy for Amphibious Landing

07/04/2013
07/04/2013: Marines serving with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, team up with Assault Craft Unit 5, a Navy unit based out of Camp Pendleton, CA, to make an amphibious landing.  The Marines learned how to tie down their light armored vehicles onto ACU-5's landing craft air cushion, a…

Luke AFB and the F-35

07/03/2013
07/03/2013: The Air Force announced that Luke AFB has been chosen as the location for 72 additional F-35A Lightning II aircraft, bringing the eventual total number of the fifth-generation fighters expected here to 144. Credit: 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs: 6/27/13 The Air Force's initial decision to establish an F-35…

13th MEU Lands at St. George Airport

07/02/2013
07/02/2013: ST GEORGE, Utah – U.S. Marines and Sailors land a Lockheed KC-130J Hercules aircraft and three MV-22B Osprey helicopters at St. George Airport, May 9, 2013. Once landed, Marines and sailors established a forward refueling point (FRP) to resupply military aircraft with necessary fuel and equipment to conduct ground…