U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Rein.), conduct a simulated air assault during Ssang Yong 24 in Pohang, South Korea, Sept. 3, 2024. Exercise SY24 strengthens the Republic of Korea-U.S Alliance through bilateral, joint training, contributing toward combined amphibious capability in defense of the Korean Peninsula. POHANG,…
The Finnish Air Force hosted exercise BAANA 2024, Sept. 4, on Hosio Highway Strip, Ranua, Finland. During the exercise the aircraft landed on a highway strip in Finland to practice Agile Combat Employment which increases the ability of our collective partners to collaborate and operate in a joint, high-intensity environment,…
By Pierre Tran Paris - The title of a new book - The Idea of China: Chinese Thinkers on Power, Progress, and People (European Council on Foreign Relations) - carries a sense of what drives Beijing when its leaders look at the world and consider how it works. It may be a…
U.S. and Bulgarian forces work together for Thracian Summer 2024, a flying training deployment, August 19-29, 2024, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. FTD Thracian Summer is a two-week training deployment for American and Bulgarian forces to work together and learn how each other perform their mission. PLOVDIV, BULGARIA 08.29.2024 Video by Staff…
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- International security force professionals from Indonesia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritius, the Philippines, and Thailand participate in the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School's (NAVSCIATTS) Patrol Craft Officer Coastal (PCOC) course during Semester 24-5. PCOC is an eight-week maritime course of instruction designed to provide…
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. David Faerber, an F-35B Lightning II pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542, talks about Exercise Razor Talon 23-1 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, July 27, 2023. Exercise Razor Talon 23-1 was an opportunity for VMFA-542 to maintain readiness by training…
By Robbin Laird The panel on the future of vertical lift and interviews conducted by the press during the recent AUSA conference provided further insights regarding the FLRAA program and the way ahead. The conference was held from the 14-16 October in Washington D.C. Let us address first the schedule…
A Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Approximately 320 Australian Defence Force personnel have joined twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are…