By Flying Officer Bronwyn Marchant Air Force has now received 44 of the planned 72 F-35A Lightning II aircraft after three more aircraft touched down at RAAF Base Williamtown on November 18. The newest aircraft to join the fleet have been accepted by No. 77 Squadron, which transited the three…
A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., links up with a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., during an aerial refueling flight, Oct. 14, 2021. The B-2 Spirit is a multi-role bomber capable of…
ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 16, 2021) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Corey Martin signals to an MH-60S Sea Hawk attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea, Oct. 16. 10.16.2021 Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class John McGovern USS…
By India Strategic Mumbai. INS Visakhapatnam, a P15B stealth guided missile destroyer, was commissioned into the Indian Navy in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on November 21, 2021. The event marks the formal induction of the first of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers,…
The militaries of each NATO Ally rely on machines and vehicles to help them perform at the highest levels. Meet the men and women who operate those vehicles and learn how their machines help keep people safe. This Italian pilot, who must remain anonymous for security reasons, flies the F-35A…
By Guy Martin As part of a regional visit, the US military’s Africa Command chief, General Stephen Townsend, has met with senior members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in order to strengthen bilateral defence relations. “South Africa is a partner of choice for Africom. It is the…
Exercise Wirra Jaya 21 (ExWJ21) is an annual bilateral, mounted, and dismounted combined arms training activity between the Australian Army and the Indonesian Army. 2021 marked the eighth iteration of the exercise which rotates each year between Darwin and Java. ExWJ21 training deepens interoperability to maintain a safe, secure, peaceful,…
By Richard Weitz The Russian military obliterated a defunct Soviet-era Tselina radio-surveillance satellite, Cosmos 1408, that had been orbiting almost 500 kilometers above the Earth since 1982, with a single-short anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon on November 15. Though intended to intimidate the West, like the Russian military mobilizations near Ukraine and…
