Dawn Blitz Air Assault Exercise

06/26/2013
06/26/2013: Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment load into MV-22 Ospreys and CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters as a part of a large-scale air assault to 29 Palms involving over 30 helicopters during exercise Dawn Blitz, June 20.  Dawn Blitz 2013 is one of a series of amphibious training events…

Dawn Blitz 201: MPF Offloading

06/18/2013
06/17/2013: U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment-17, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade and U.S. Navy sailors with Naval Beach Group-1, Expeditionary Strike Group-3, conduct Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) training and offload equipment from the USNS 1st Lt. Jack Lummus in support of Exercise Dawn Blitz 2013 in San Diego, Calif., June…

Refueling the F-35A

06/18/2013
2013-06-18  In this video, provided by the 33rd Fighter Wing, the F-35A is seen being refueled by a KC-135. We have posted a slideshow as well which provides great photos of the F-35 during the refueling operation. http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/the-f-35-tanking-and-the-fleet/ Credit Video: 33rd Fighter Wing

Travis Assault Landing Zone

06/14/2013
06/14/2013: The first aircraft to use Travis’ reconstructed runway touched down and took off in April 2013 before an appreciative audience of Travis and community leaders. Credit:60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs:4/8/13  “This is an absolutely first-rate runway,” said Travis commander Col. Dwight Sones…..  The original runway was built in…