By Robbin Laird With the strategic shift from the land wars to engaging in higher end conflict situations with peer competitors, electronic warfare and its role is changing as well. When Ed Timperlake and I visited Fallon in 2017, we met with members of HAVOC, the US Navy’s Airborne Electronic…
The picture above highlights the kind of collaboration which the United States is conducting with its Spanish allies from the Morón Air Base in Spain. In the photo, a USMC osprey is seen operating with Spanish Air Force Eurofighters in conducting low altitude detection and intercept missions against slow targets. The…
U.S. Air Force Col. David Skalicky, the 354th Operations Group commander, and Lt. Col. James Christensen, the 356th Fighter Squadron commander, land, taxi, and park the 354th Fighter Wing’s first assigned F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation fighters at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 21, 2020. Eielson’s F-35As will join a…
In a further milestone for the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) program, the two halves of the first of class ship, Arafura, built by Luerssen Australia and its partner ASC have been brought together and welded to form a complete hull. In what was the largest block move in the history…
By Lieutenant Simon Brown Engineering innovation by technical sailors on board the Leeuwin-class hydrographic survey ship HMAS Melville has resulted in an increase in the maximum propulsion power available to support the ship’s involvement in task group operations, while improving the normal operating conditions for essential machinery. The propulsion motor room (PMR)…
Marines assigned to 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct a live fire exercise aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and…
With the developing relationship between sensors and shooters in the maritime kill web, what is the evolving role of the fighter? I had a chance to talk about these changes with the CO of TOPGUN, CDR Tim Myers. We started by discussing how he would compare and contrast his experience…
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, as well as their components and regions, are conducting their core missions. (U.S. Air Force Video by Tech. Sgt. Thomas Grimes). 04.29.2020 Video by Tech. Sgt. Tommy Grimes U.S. Northern Command
