The 49th Wing, located at Holloman Air Force Base, supports national security objectives by deploying worldwide to support peacetime and wartime contingencies. The wing provides combat-ready Airmen, trains F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots and MQ-9 Reaper pilots and sensor operators. Additionally, the wing delivers Air Transportable Clinics and Basic Expeditionary Airfield…
The RAAF has successfully demonstrated its ability to remotely control an unmanned aerial system (UAS) by piloting a Sky Ranger R70 quad-rotor UAS from a C-130J Hercules of 37SQN. Credit: Australian Department of Defence June 10, 2020
A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 conducts bilateral interoperability training with U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing over the North Sea June 19, 2020. UNITED KINGDOM 06.19.2020 Video by Airman 1st Class Anthony Clingerman 48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
Reconnaissance Marines assigned to the Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), refine various mission capabilities during their pre-deployment training program and deployment. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security…
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Reid Christopher Ellis Jr, a V-22 Osprey mechanic with Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1, speaks about what the daily life of an Osprey mechanic is like. MCAS YUMA, AZ, UNITED STATES 06.19.2020 Courtesy Video Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
A Royal Netherlands Army mobile artillery unit assigned to NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup in Lithuania recently had a chance to fire their guns for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The Panzer Howitzer 2000-NL self-propelled guns were used to conduct a live-fire exercise at Pabradė Training Grounds…
Last month, the Marine Corps wrapped up its first sea trials with the new CH-53K King Stallion. In an article by Megan Eckstein published by USNI News on June 25, 2020, the crossing of one of the “last big items on the to do list before the heavy lift helicopter…
Lt. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, U.S. Army Europe Commanding General, Georgette Mosbacher, U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Mariusz Błaszczak, Minister of Defence for Poland and Polish Armed Forces General Commander, Jaroslaw Mika, observe a joint river crossing mission at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, June 17, 2020. Exercise Allied Spirit, a DEFENDER-Europe…
