USS Gerald R. Ford and JMSDF

04/18/2025
The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), sails in formation with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Kashima-class training ship, JS Kashima (TV-3508), front and Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyer JS Shimakaze (TV-3521) while conducting routine operations in the Atlantic Ocean, September 23, 2024. ATLANTIC OCEAN…

ACE exercise at Ebbing Air National Guard Base

04/14/2025
The 33rd Fighter Wing conducted an Agile Combat Employment exercise at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Arkansas, Sept. 9 - 20, 2024. The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate that Ebbing’s facilities and airspace were suitable for F-35A Lightning II training, in preparation to begin the Foreign Military Sales…

Truman’s COMPTUEX

04/11/2025
The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is underway in the Atlantic Ocean completing integrated naval warfighting training. Composite Unit Training Exercises are an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force, to assess their ability to carry out sustained combat…

Polish F-35 Lightning IIs Arrive on Ebbing Air National Guard Base

04/09/2025
Two F-35 Lightning IIs arrived on Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Arkansas as part of the Foreign Military Sales Mission on Dec. 23, 2024. The F-35s will be used to train Polish pilots and were welcomed to Ebbing by the 188th Fire Department giving them a "Water Salute".…

AFSOC Mission Statement

04/07/2025
Air Force Special Operations Command enables the joint force by delivering Special Operations Forces mobility, strike, air-to-ground capabilities, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance across the spectrum of competition and conflict. HURLBURT FIELD, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES 09.11.2024 Video by 94th Airlift Wing  Air Force Special Operations Command

The King Stallion at WTI 1-25

04/02/2025
U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One, and 2d Distribution Support Battalion Marines attached to 8th Engineer Support Battalion execute heavy lift of a tractor, rubber-tired, articulated steering, multi-purpose (TRAM) utilizing the CH-53K King Stallion as part of Weapons…