According to a story published by the UK Ministry of Defence on October 5, 2021, the UK Carrier Strike Group looks forward to a busy autumn in the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East. Having passed the midway point of its first operational deployment, the UK Carrier Strike Group is preparing…
Exercise RED FLAG-Alaska 21-3 reinforces the U.S.’s commitment to the Indo-Pacific region as a Pacific nation, leader and power. EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, AK, UNITED STATES 08.20.2021 Video by Airman 1st Class Jose Miguel Tamondong 354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
By MC1 Tyler Fraser, USS Carl Vinson PHILIPPINE SEA - Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) conducted a fueling-at-sea (FAS) with Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), Sept. 17, delivering more than 150,000 gallons of fuel and setting a milestone of more than 1 million gallons…
U.S. Marine Corps Pilots Maj Brian Kimmins and Capt Craig Turner prepares to launch an F-35B from HMS Queen Elizabeth in the Pacific Ocean on August 20, 2021. The operation highlighted the interoperability of the F-35B and the strategic importance of the joint integration between the United Kingdom Carrier Strike…
US Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 flying F-35B Lightning II's conduct routine operations aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth while she conducts a double replenishment with RFA Tidespring and HNLMS Evertsen in the South China Sea on 29 July, 2021. VMFA-211 is attached to the United Kingdom's Carrier Strike Group…
By Pierre Tran Paris - Britain and France, once close friends and military allies, are at each other’s throat. The cultural approach of the British is pragmatism, while the archetypal French character is the intellectual. A sample of both those qualities may be what is needed to defuse the tension,…
By the Australian Defence Business Review The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has hosted seven air forces at its biennial Exercise Blue Flag at Ovda Airbase near Eilat in southern Israel. Blue Flag is described as an international training exercise hosting air forces from around the world to strengthen cooperation between…
A UH-1Y Venom with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) conducts live fire drills during Summer Fury 21 at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Arizona, July 27, 2021. During the Forward Air Controller (Airborne) (FAC(A)) Training evolution, MAG-39 conducted…
