U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Task Force Tigershark, 1st Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, conduct a sea-based operation from a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk during Exercise Cobra Gold 2026 at Rayong Province, Thailand, March 3, 2026. Cobra Gold is the Indo-Pacific’s largest annual military exercise in mainland Asia,…

U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct a live fire training event during MAG-29’s Distributed Aviation Operations Exercise at the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, Andros Island, The Bahamas, Feb 18, 2026. MAG-29 Distributed Aviation…

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Blake Jones discusses how Special Tactics Airmen remain a community of “doers and problem solvers” during an interview at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 4, 2026. He emphasized that “pressure is a privilege” and that the demanding nature of the Special Tactics…

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jesse Wallace, an air and missile defense systems integrator assigned to 6th Battalion, 56th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, explains how the Battalion uses drones to expand its WREN-TSM network on Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 25 2026. The Hoverfly Sentry drone raises the Trellisware TW-875, which acts…

Off the coast of Gotland, Sweden, scientists from the NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) are deploying cutting-edge acoustic sensors to see if they might help NATO Allies detect and respond to sabotage of underwater pipelines and data cables. One key trial involves using ballast anchors to replicate…

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), and 2nd Distribution Support Battalion (DSB), Combat Logistics Group 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, perform an external lift with a CH-53K King Stallion at U.S. Coast Guard Base Sector Key West, Florida,…

In July of 2025, the Air Force launched its Department-Level Exercise (DLE) series in multiple locations across the United States and Indo-Pacific areas of responsibility. This DLE features 12,000 U.S. Air and Space Force personnel, and more than 350 bomber, fighter, cargo and refueling aircraft. The exercises also highlight both…

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, showcase a CH-53K King Stallion as part of Fleet Week New York 2025, at Perth Amboy High School, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, May 21, 2025. America’s warfighting Navy and Marine Corps celebrate 250 years…