Lulu Edwards, an engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center 's Geotechnical and Structures Lab, presents Rapid Large Crater Airfield Repair. The Geotechnical and Structures Lab has refined tactics, techniques, and procedures to repair large areas of damaged airfields. Runways can now be repaired and used within…
By Sub-Lieutenant Jacob von Marburg 19 September 2019 While conducting survey operations off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the crew of HMAS Melville took time to commemorate the first Australian casualties of WWI and the loss of the Australian submarine AE1. Melville’s commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Michael Kumpis, addressed the ship’s…
A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail aircraft has arrived in the Middle East as part of Australia’s contribution to the US-led global coalition against Daesh. Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said the deployment of the E7-A Wedgetail will support the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in their ongoing fight against terrorism…
U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center personnel and civilian ground crews load the Advanced Extremely High Frequency-5 (AEHF) communications satellite onto a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft from Travis Air Force Base, at Sunnyvale, California, April 19, 2019. SUNNYVALE, CA, UNITED STATES 04.19.2019 Video by Lan Kim 60th Air…
U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Operators assess, secure, open and secure airspace for a forward arming and refueling point mission from an MC-130J Commando II to two F-35A Lightening IIs and two F-15E Strike Eagles during Operation Rapid Forge at Ämari Air Base, Estonia, July 25, 2019. Special Tactics is…
Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conducted an airborne operation on Sicily Drop Zone at Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 7, 2019. The 82nd Airborne Division is America’s Global Response Force and is capable of deploying forces within 18 hours of notification to conduct the full range…
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct aircraft maintenance aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th MEU are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval…
The Wedgetail or the E-7 has proven itself in Middle Eastern operations and the Australian program has a new partner, namely, the RAF as well. The Royal Australian Air Force participated in Red Flag 19-3. Number 2 Squadron brought an E-7A Wedgetail to train alongside the U.S. in one of…
