Actually, we are visiting the USS Ford virtually these days. The US navy is starting a series which will highlight the ship and its features, The first of the videos in this series was released on May 15, 2020. As we build out our Kill Web and Deterrence series, we…
By Robert Nutbrown Defence scientists are working with colleagues from industry and academia on a satellite communications (SATCOM) research venture that has the potential to significantly enhance military capability. The project will explore ways of integrating both laser-based optical and radio frequency (RF) communications technologies in a single SATCOM user…
Three RAAF F-35s are seen on their way from the United States to Australia. And their flight is supported in transit by the A330MRTT or the KC-30A in RAAF parlance. Credit: Australian Department of Defence May 13, 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…
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…
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…
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Company B, 70th Brigade Engineer Battalion, participate in a ground attack exercise during U.S. Northern Command’s Exercise Arctic Edge 20 at Ft. Greely, AK, Feb. 26, 2020. The U.S. military has the ability to rapidly deploy and operate in the Arctic and the U.S. Northern…
By Kenneth Maxwell Boris Johnson’s family has since 1951 owed the 500 acre West Nethercote Farm near the Exmoor village of Winsford in West Somerset. He spent much of his childhood there. Winsford is quite close to where l live on my hill. It is located further up the River…
