U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) utilize sonobuoys during Summer Fury 21 above the Pacific Ocean, July 20, 2021. Sonobuoys are an expendable sonar system that is dropped/ejected from aircraft or ships conducting anti-submarine warfare in support of…
According to a story published on July 29, 2021 on the UK Ministry of Defence website, a new £250 million contract for next phase for Future Combat Air System has been signed. The Ministry of Defence has signed a £250 million contract with British industry ‘Team Tempest’ partners, driving forward…
U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) fly from Marine Corps Air Station Pendleton to Helicopter Outlying Landing Field (HOLF) to prepare for flight operations at Camp Pendleton, California, July 19, 2021. HMLA 267 flew to the HOLF…
U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, participate in egress training in the CH-53K "King Stallion" at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, April 28, 2021. Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX) is training Marines on the CH-53K to improve proficiency and familiarize all…
I first met Brigadier General, retired, Robert Novotny at RAF Lakenheath in 2016. There we focused on the coming of the F-35 to the base after the Brits would deploy the aircraft onboard their new class of carriers. We discussed the broader implications of being able to integrated F-35s throughout…
By Jack Rowley At the highest levels of U.S. intelligence and military policy documents, there is universal agreement that the United States remains at war, even after the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have wound down. As the cost of capital platforms—especially ships and aircraft—continues to rise, the Department of…
U.S. Marines assigned to 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, fire Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 on Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 19, 2021. TS21, the ninth iteration and conducted since 2005, occurs biennially across Northern Australia. Australian, U.S. and other…
By Pierre Tran Paris - The prospect of the Taliban exercising a severe grip on Afghan society fuels fears for the rights of Afghan women, lives of journalists, and freedom of the press in a stricken nation. That grim outlook for independent reporting has led to calls for governments around…
