More than 150 Royal Australian Air Force personnel have travelled to the United States’ Anderson Air Force Base in Guam to participate in the Regional Presence Deployment from July 21 – August 2. Along with strike and surveillance aircraft, the air task unit is part of a series of routine…
Soldiers with the 41st Field Artillery Brigade ignited a field training exercise. This exercise involved the Multiple Launch Rocket System. GERMANY 05.08.2020 Video by Pfc. Kylee Bowling AFN Bavaria
By Robbin Laird As I suggested in the lead article in this series on how to evaluate platform choices in the context of evolving needs and concepts of operations, too often, a simple platform versus platform presentation is made which confuses rather than clarifies what the tactical and strategic implications…
By Robbin Laird Recently, the Marines tested their new forward base refueling system with the CH-53K. The two together provide new capabilities for forward refueling points or for expeditionary basing. According to the Marines: Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, employ a tactical aviation ground…
U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Branch Video made by Judy Oman. FORT SILL, OK, UNITED STATES 06.24.2020 Video by Donald Herrick U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School
Two crews competed in a morning and afternoon session to see who could load an AIM-9 on each side of the aircraft the fastest and with the fewest mistakes. This was the quarterly weapons load competition held Aug. 10 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Photos credit: Eglin AFB, August 17,…
By defenceWeb The first three Su-35 fighter jets for Egypt’s air force have been seen flying in Russia, months after it emerged production had started at the Gagarin Aircraft Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. On 22 July, photos emerged of five aircraft in flight, with serials 9210, 9212 and 9214 visible. They…
The 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron support Polish Armed Forces Day at Warsaw, Poland, August 15, 2020. Recently, Secretary of State Pompeo signed an agreement with his Polish counterparts moving some of the American forces which have been in Germany to Poland. A Deutsche Welle story highlighted the agreement as follows:…
