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Airlift Support to Italy During COVID-19

05/16/2020
An 86th Airlift Wing C-130J Super Hercules out of Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is seen assisting the Italian government in transporting medical and other relief supplies between supply hubs in Milan and Rome, Italy, May 13, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. ITALY 05.13.2020 Video by Senior Airman Kristof…

Royal Australian Navy Sea Trials Aboard HMAS Adelaide for the Seahawk

05/16/2020
HMAS Adelaide, Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Trials Unit (AMAFTU) and 816 Squadron conducted First Of Class Flight Trials for the MH-60 ‘Romeo’ helicopter off the coast of Queensland. The trials determine the safe operating limits of the 'Romeo' helicopters on the Landing Helicopter Dock in a range of sea states…

Maintenance Milestone for Australian C-130Js

05/15/2020
By Captain Jarrad Baldwin Over the past 17 years of C-130 Hercules operations in the Middle East, maintainers from No. 37 Squadron have worked hard to keep the workhorse in the air. The maintainers of the Air Mobility Task Element (AMTE) C-130 Detachment have achieved their 50th rotation to the…

Extending the Reach of the Kill Web: The US Navy Works with Allies on the Maritime Patrol Enterprise

05/13/2020
By Robbin Laird In our last interview with Rear Admiral Garvin, we focused on how the P-8 / Triton dyad was reshaping the approach of the airborne element of the anti-submarine network. We spoke at length about how the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force (MPRF) could be recast into interactive…

What Happened to the Charles DeGaulle Aircraft Carrier in COVID-19?

05/13/2020
By Pierre Tran Paris - A lack of ministerial coordination and sharing of information lay behind a two-day delay in recalling the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier while the crew were stricken by Covid 19, the minister of the armed forces told parliamentarians. Florence Parly appeared respectively May 11 and…