By Pierre Tran Paris - France would do well to discard Germany as a military and industrial partner and strike out on its own, Vauban, an anonymous group of defense specialists, said Jan. 24 in La Tribune, a French business news website. “Three years after the signature of the Aix le…
VRM-30 explains and demonstrates the safety procedures required of passengers onboard a CMV-22 Osprey. The CMV-22 Osprey replaces the C-2A Greyhound as the Navy's aircraft for carrier onboard delivery (COD). 03.01.2021 Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Lily Gebauer Navy Public Affairs Support Element West
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 366 train in Brunswick, Maine, Dec. 10, 2021. Marines with HMH-366 exercised expeditionary advanced base operations and cold-weather techniques and procedures in an unfamiliar environment by performing touch-and-go landings and low-altitude maneuvers in CH-53E Super Stallions. HMH-366 is a subordinate unit of…
By Robbin Laird I have followed the progress of the Wedgetail since my first visits to Australia starting in 2014. This was a unique Australian capability which took time to shape and to integrate into their evolving fifth generation concepts of operations. But they have done so and are further…
The evolution of the Viper Attack Helicopter is part of the USMC's ongoing transformation. The coming of Link 16 and Full Motion Video is a key part of that change. As we noted with regard to this development: As the US Navy reworks how it is operating as a distributed…
F-18's from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 arrive at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. 12.23.2021 Video by Staff Sgt. Christina Graves 378th Air Expeditionary Wing
By Peter Jennings The immediate significance of the recent AUKMIN gathering in Sydney (January 21, 2022) was that it took place while a Russian military assault on Ukraine is imminent. Given the threat from Moscow, no one would have been surprised had the UK foreign and defence secretaries delayed their…
Commander, U.S. Third Fleet Vice Adm. Koehler visits Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) July 16, 2021. 07.16.2021 Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Haydn Smith USS Carl Vinson
