2012-09-25 Hundreds of service members, family and friends paying their respects to Lt. Col. Christopher K. Raible, former commanding officer, Marine Attack Squadron 211, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, during his memorial service at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma's chapel, Sept. 24. Raible, 40, a native of North…
09/20/2012: U.S. and Chinese forces carry out their first bilateral anti-piracy exercise in the Gulf of Aden. Credit:Pentagon Channel 9/20/12
2012-09-03 This video provides a Japanese perspective on the deployment of the Osprey in the Asia Pacific region. It was produced by NHK News and aired on July 24, 2012. It has been provided to SLD by Shin Shoji from NHK TV Japan. A translation of the video has been…
08/15/2012: PEARL HARBOR (June 29, 2012) USCGC Bertholf (WMSL 750) transits the waters of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. The new National Security Cutter is a key element for USCG and national security missions. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines,…
Landing an F-35B vertically is more straightforward than it looks, and far easier than doing the same in an AV-8B Harrier, said Peter Wilson, a former U.K. military aviator who is now BAE Systems’ chief test pilot. “It’s just like magic,” Wilson told the reporters who assembled at the Farnborough…
07/26/2012: Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment and the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI) joined forces with the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade to demonstrate an air assault mission. 2nd Brigade Participates in Air Assault Demonstration from SldInfo.com on Vimeo.…
In an interview at Eglin AFB, Lt. Col. Lee Kloos, the first non-test pilot to start his transition to the F-35 discusses the experience. Kloos has 2000 hours of flight experience on the F-16 and is a USAF Weapons School graduate. Kloos started his F-35 training at Eglin last October. …
7/3/12: Or seriously need to exit stage right and perhaps fly to the UAE and hand in your Mirages. They're in SO much trouble: Low-flying Brazilian air force pilots shatter every window of the country's Supreme Court Two Brazilian air force pilots could be collared by the long arm of…
