USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) conducts combat systems ship qualification trials (CSSQT), April 16, 2021. CSSQT is a Naval Sea Systems Command requirement to verify that ship personnel can operate and maintain their combat systems in a safe and effective manner. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting…
By the end of April 1942, the tally of Japanese victories saw its flag fly over: Hong Kong, the Philippines (save for the island bastion of Corregidor), Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, the Netherlands East Indies, and most of Burma. Having already unleashed devastating raids on Darwin and Broome, the Empire of…
The FREMM DA Alsace was launched April 18, 2019 at the Naval Group shipyard of Lorient thirteen months after its keel laying. It is the ninth FREMM frigate built by Naval Group and the seventh one for the French Navy. According to Naval Group: "On April 12, 2021 in Toulon, in the presence of…
(April 16, 2021) Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker discusses unmanned vessels at Pier 12 on Naval Base San Diego during Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem 21 (UxS IBP 21) Distinguished Visitor Day, April 16. U.S. Pacific Fleet’s UxS IBP 21, April 19-26, integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into…
PACIFIC OCEAN (Apr. 14, 2021) An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Air Test and Evaluation (HX) Squadron 21 of Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Md., landing aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy’s (T-AH 19) flight deck for the first time Apr. 14. Mercy is underway off the coast…
Multiple F-35B Lightning II's with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct vertical landings at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, April 6, 2021. 3rd MAW and I Marine Expeditionary Force continue to pave the road for the rest of the Marine…
Gearing up, departing squadron, and stepping procedures with U.S. Air Force Capt. "Smoke", 94th FS Pilot. 03.26.2021 Video by Staff Sgt. Ericha Fitzgerald Joint Base Langley-Eustis Public Affairs
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171 refuel a U.S. Air Force F-16D Fighting Falcon with the 13th Fighter Squadron on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 24, 2021. Marines with MWSS-171 are able to rapidly set up forward arming and refueling points in austere environments to…
