By defenceWeb Morocco’s military has apparently taken delivery of three Harfang (Heron) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a number of years after expressing interest in acquiring them from France. According to Intelligence Online, the Moroccan military received the three Israel Aerospace Industries-built UAVs on 26 January. The aircraft will most likely…
By Captain Peter Kuypers When training on Sally B, there is a limit to what we can train to protect our four massive radial engines. When flying with KLM I learned so much from training on a simulator and thought this could really work for us as well. But there is no B-17 simulator anywhere, but luckily, there…
The JGSDF conducted Northern Viper, a field training exercise with U.S. Marine Corps in Hokkaido from January 22nd to February 8th. The participating forces include 4th Infantry Regiment, 5th Field Artillery Unit, 1st Antitank Helicopter Unit from the JGSDF, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Aircraft Group 36 from U.S. Marine Corps.…
This decades first Sentry Aloha exercise, Jan, 2020 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Sentry Aloha provides tailored, cost effective, realistic combat training to the ANG and our DOD counterparts. 01.16.2020 Video by Staff Sgt. Joshua Halverson 128th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
Exercise COPE NORTH 20 (CN20) is a Commander Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) sponsored multilateral field training exercise involving the United States Air Force (USAF), Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). CN20 involves large force employment Air Combat Exercise with Dissimilar Air Combat Tactics and…
By Pierre Tran Paris - France should reach agreement on a European project for a medium-altitude, long-endurance drone, while keeping close budgetary watch and ensure military needs were met, the national audit office said in a Feb. 25 report. That report was published just a few days before Airbus presented…
According to a story published on the UK Ministry of Defence website on February 25, 2020, UK participation in Cold Response 2020 is one of the largest UK engagements in this year's exercise regime. A Naval task group made up of four Royal Navy vessels; HMS Albion, HMS Sutherland, HMS…
In response to the bushfire in the Commonwealth of Australia, the MOD/JSDF dispatched a Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Team (Japan Self-Defense Forces Units) including two JASDF C-130H Transport Aircraft and approx. 70 personnel to transport firefighters and goods on January 15th, 2020. The bushfire in Australia has been raging since…
