2017-03-24 By Harald Malmgren It is early days for President Trump and his Administration. He was elected to shape a new strategic direction for the US government and economy. A change in direction cannot be made by a President alone. To achieve the goals on which he campaigned, Trump needs…
2017-04-01 During a recent visit to RAF Lossiemouth, we had a chance to talk with a number of RAF and Royal Navy personnel involved with hosting and preparing Joint Warrior 2017 which is currently underway. We also were provided some additional photos of the aircraft which participated in the exercise…
2017-04-01 By Guy Martin The Advanced Demonstrator Model (ADM), the second prototype of the Advanced High-Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft (Ahrlac), has been moved from the Aerosud factory where it was built to Wonderboom airport north of Pretoria, where it will undergo flight testing. The aircraft was moved by road on…
2017-04-01 According to defenceWeb, the next stop on the visit of a Russian naval task force has been Nambia. The Russian Federation Navy’s Northern Fleet detachment is currently in Namibia on a historic visit. The detachment paid its first ever visit to Namibia on 25 March, docking in Walvis Bay. The…
2017-04-01 According to a story by defenceWeb, the German military has added its Tiger helicopters to the Mali operation. On 25 March the first two German Tiger attack helicopters arrived in Gao in northern Mali, where they joined the United Nations (UN) mission there. They arrived in Gao after covering…
03/31/2017: Exercise COPE NORTH 17 (CN17) is a Commander Pacific Air Forces sponsored multilateral field training exercise involving the United States Air Force (USAF), Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). CN17 involves large force employment Air Combat Exercise with Dissimilar Air Combat Tactics and a…
03/30/2017: The ADF has delivered the first three Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles (PMV) to the Republic of Fiji Military Forces operating with the United Nations in the Golan Heights. A RAAF No 36 Squadron C-17A Globemaster III aircraft delivered the vehicles to Beiruit, Lebanon on 15 March 2017. Fiji has purchased…
2017-03-19 By Todd Miller Todd Miller of the Second Line of Defense joined the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) for live fire Realistic Urban Training (RUT). The RUT is one mission set of thirteen that must be mastered prior to deployment. The 15th MEUs workups require about 6 months of…
