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…
According to a UK Ministry of Defence article published on October 20, 2021, HMS Prince of Wales hosted the Pacific Future Forum. The Royal Navy’s next generation aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is hosting the international defence, security, trade and technology summit, the Pacific Future Forum (PFF). PFF provides…
By Robbin Laird With the return of the high-end fight, and the challenge of delivering tailored military capabilities to ensure escalation dominance in the maritime domain, a broadened focus on maneuver warfare in the maritime space has emerged. Distributed operations within a wider capability to integrate the force is a…
Marines with 3d battalion, 12th Marine Regiment carry out Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 at the Shoalwater training area, Queensland, Australia, July 18. This is the 9th iteration since 2005 further strengthening the bond between Australian and the U.S. military. 07.29.2021 Video by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie
Joint statement, European Intervention Initiative, Meeting of the ministers of Defence in Stockholm, Sweden, 24. September 2021. Since the launch of the European Intervention Initiative in 2018, it has grown to include thirteen European states who share the aim to develop a common strategic culture to meet the challenges facing Europe.…
