48th Fighter Wing Working with Royal Air Force at ACE exercise

12/09/2024
Six F-35A Lightning II aircraft and 63 Airmen assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing participated in a combined Agile Combat Employment exercise alongside Royal Air Force counterparts Sept. 2-6. ACE training events focus on strengthening participants’ capability to rapidly deploy from their home base and establish, as well as sustain,…

SUA Drone Footage

12/06/2024
A compilation of Drone footage and voice-over interviews by Geo-Spatial integration manager Nathan Glondys and 628th Civil Engineering Squadrdon-Base Program manager Chase Barron demonstrating the Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) video capturing capabilities on Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Sept. 4, 2024. SUA systems can classify landforms and collect information…

Finnish Readiness Exercise

12/04/2024
U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2nd Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Rotational Forces Europe, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, and members of the Finnish Defence Forces, conduct live-fire naval surface fire support training with the PGG Hamina-class missile boat during Finnish Readiness Exercise on Camp Dragsvik,…

31st MEU Conducts en-route Care Exercise

12/02/2024
U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy corpsmen with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct an en-route care exercise aboard a UH-1Y Venom helicopter, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, July 25, 2024. The exercise was conducted to evaluate Marines and Navy corpsmen on their ability to effectively evacuate the combat casualty…

31st MEU FARP Operations

11/29/2024
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a forward arming and refueling point exercise at Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 21, 2024. A FARP is a multi-discipline operation that increases the speed of maneuver for aerial operations, utilizing expeditionary advanced base operations, enhancing…

31st MEU Conducts F-35B Ordnance Load

11/25/2024
U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, load ordnance during F-35B Lightning II ordnance operations aboard the amphibious assault ship the USS America (LHA 6), in the vicinity of Miyako Strait, Aug. 21, 2024. Marine F-35Bs brings a 5th generation multi-discipline strike capability to…

F-35Bs with Air-to-Air Refueling

11/22/2024
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II strike fighter aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fly alongside a KC-130J Super Hercules tanker aircraft assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152, during an aerial refueling exercise in the vicinity of the Miyako Strait,…